Brother of Kriss Donald killer Imran Shahid facing jail for part in £600,000 fraud plot

The brother of race-hate killer Imran ‘Baldy’ Shahid is facing a lengthy jail-term for his role in a massive £600,000 fraud plot.

Ahsan Shahid was part of a gang who duped almost 60 unwitting pensioners by posing as police or bank investigators to con victims.

The swindle saw OAPs told their accounts were at threat of scammers.

It allowed Shahid and his associates to get their hands on cash, Rolex watches, designer clothes, expensive Apple products and also an e-bike.

The crimes emerged as the 41-year-old along with Sean Singh, 21, and Duncan Currie, 42, appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday.

All three pled guilty to conspiring with one another and other un-named individuals in what was described by prosecutors as “fraudulent schemes”.

Convicted criminal Shahid – whose brother is serving a minimum 25 years for the murder of Glasgow teenager Kriss Donald in 2004 – admitted to a total of 31 charges.

Singh pled guilty to 18 and Currie ten.

They were remanded in custody by judge Lord Renucci and will return to court at a later date.

The offences were among a 69-page indictment with the crimes spanning between October 2022 and November 2024 occurring mainly across Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Dunbartonshire and Ayrshire.

Court papers revealed the set-up involved the gang getting hold of counterfeit documents including a passport and driving licences.

They also created fake identification to pose as being from Police Scotland as well as from the Metropolitan and West Yorkshire forces down south.

The crime crew also got mobile phones, computers, illegally leased premises in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire and hired cars as part of the con.

Lists of phone numbers of unsuspecting victims were obtained, and scripts were prepared to help dupe them.

The indictment featured the host of named pensioners targeted by the fraudsters.

A charge that both Shahid and Singh pled guilty to stated a 77-year-old woman was told police were apparently investigating dodgy activity on her bank account.

She was conned into providing personal details.

During repeated contact, an individual claiming to be an officer often turned up at her home.

A “bank employee” also appeared and collected cash the pensioner had been told to withdraw from her account.

Prosecutors stated someone from the gang asked about purchasing a £45,000 watch from the Tom Coll jewellery shop in Glasgow’s Argyle Arcade while pretending to be the pensioner’s son.

They later got the woman herself to pay for a £16,500 GMT Master II Batman Rolex before the expensive timepiece was picked up from her house.

Shahid and Singh were also involved in trying to order £30,000 of gold bullion in the pensioner’s name as well as attempting to exchange £10,000 for cryptocurrency.

A 79-year-old woman was similarly targeted after being ordered to put her mobile, bank cards and PIN numbers in an envelope to be collected by someone from her “bank”.

A £21,000 loan was taken out in her name.

A shopping spree at the Braehead Shopping Centre near Glasgow saw £10,240 of her cash being spent in the Apple Store, another £1,600 in designer clothes shop Flannels and £1,760 of electrical goods bought in Curry’s.

Among the other elderly victims, a 77-year-old man was conned and told he was being watched on CCTV.

A charge involving Shahid stated a 83-year-old man was also warned his “movements were being monitored”.

He was ordered to attend a McDonald’s in Balloch, West Dunbartonshire and give £6,000 to an individual supposedly from his bank.

The OAP was ordered not to tell police.

The man’s bank cards were then used in various places including for the purchase of a £4,895 electric motorcycle from Portman Motors in Glasgow’s Kinning Park.

Not guilty charges were accepted for a number of other charges involving Shahid, Singh and Currie.

Advocate depute Scott McKenzie moved for Serious Crime Prevention Orders – also known as a super-Asbo – to eventually be imposed on the trio.

Lord Renucci stated to all lawyers involved that he “appreciated the time and effort” taken in “resolving this matter”.

It was expected a 12-week trial would have been fixed had the trio not pled guilty.