Crooked passport king nabbed and bagged

These are the surprising faces of three geezers that gangland’s elite relied on to keep them safe - by getting genuine passports bearing the photos of fugitive villains in the names of others, letting them travel the world doing dirty deeds and avoiding arrest. Let me tell you about it.
The Mob Reporter here with the true story of the rise and fall of a criminal enterprise in Britain with a sharply bureaucratic edge; old-timer specialists supplying the gold standard in bogus ID - fraudulently-obtained genuine passports.
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Meet Anthony Beard, 61, from Sydenham, London. He’s the crooked passport king.The brains of the organization. Long ago, Beard figured out a sneaky way to get a real passport legitimately issued for almost anyone, in the name of a real, clean person but with the photo of someone else, who definitely isn’t so clean.
Meet Christopher Zietek, 67, of London. He was the black market salesman, the broker between Beard and the gangsters. He’s the hardman of this lot, with street cred and underworld contacts. Under his former name of Christopher McCormack, he was an enforcer in one of London’s biggest crime groups, known as the Adams Family. Zietek’s association with the Adams Family was a powerful calling card in Europe’s underworld. But he needed a henchman.
Meet Alan Thompson, 72, of Sutton, Surrey. He was Zietek’s lackey, or henchman, because what’s the point of being all gangster if you don’t have a henchman? Thompson was his chauffeur, driving him about and delivering passports.
It’s a mouthful, but fraudulently obtained genuine passports are simply authentic passports, issued by a government when the passport office is duped by false information. They look and feel legit because they are legit. What kind of clients were they servicing? One of the world’s most wanted for one. Irish crime boss Christy Kinahan, the alleged patriarch of the Kinahan cartel and father of Daniel Kinahan, Other customers included Christopher Hughes, Barry Gillespie, Paul Scott, Michael Moogan, Jamie Acourt, Jordan Owens, Jamie “Iceman” Stevenson, Richard Burdett, James White, and others. More than 100 passports were sold. The scheme was discovered in 2017 and Britain’s National Crime Agency launched a significant covert operation. Watch the video to find out what happened.
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[@pauliewalnuts5241]

Never underestimate a old man in a young man's profession...

[@perpetualdimwit]

I mean, they got caught and had enough info on hand/attainable to police that people they serviced years prior were identified. If they had simply obfuscated all the points of contact with the government and kept zero info on hand, multiple of their clients would never have been identified as using falsified documents. It would take a lot to underestimate these old dipshits 😂

[@colmcgillveray1010]

The day of the jackal classic

[@54blewis]

This has Guy Ritchie written all over it….Everything you need,shady old fraudsters,dubious connections,London gangsters,counterfeit passports,criminals on the run,international undercover investigation,multiple police organizations,global arrests,suspects making plea bargains….this has to be a movie…

[@iiFatalize]

Couldn't agree more Baz

[@trippymchippy8586]

Lock, Stock and two smoking passports

[@vxconsulting]

other way around, guy ritchie films are based on real life

[@lilsand.]

@@vxconsulting That's the point of his comment, he's saying that this has everything needed to be a Ritchie film.

[@mattinmalaga]

It's too easy to get a British passport......unless you're a legitimate British citizen with a genuine application!! 😵

[@Crosshatch1212]

Too easy similar with d licence ,find a non driver ,send pic you want .address ,this was pre 2000 ,not hard

[@Pescatore]

"Papers Please"

[@MK-tx6te]

Man whos done 20,000 stamps previously looks into the distance "approved"

[@flexx.8678]

I will watch it tomorrow. Going to have a nice long sleep now. 👍🏼

[@TheMobReporter]

Don’t forget! Sleep well, Flexx

[@tyler238]

Just it time!!… go ahead and tell me about it!

[@ajdahun]

Love getting told abOOt it!

[@ocularpressure4558]

TMR IS ONE OF THE BEST CHANNELS ON YT

[@whatta7793]

Most definitely, no doubt it

[@billynomates920]

so say we all

[@knickebien1966]

Retirement is not what it used to be

[@lesflynn4455]

I've gotta give these geezers some serious credit for pulling off a caper like this in the 20 teens. What a great story. As usual, thanks for posting Mr. M. Reporter

[@SeanPannella]

Ya this far more exciting than playing bridge at the retirement home, can’t blame them

[@jormabaines3651]

Always looking forward to your reporting

[@sausagemash3977]

Crime only pays until it suddenly doesnt.

[@skinebman1]

Pays well too depending on your crime of choice.

[@KeithBerry-wc1jx]

Mob reporter is my favourite subscription by far keep up the good work

[@bobhoward6676]

Who's gonna fill their shoes?

[@Bob.martens]

Brexit!

[@Editnamehere]

Geezers 🤣

[@Strangernightg]

One of the best parts about the commentator is when he says ( Let me tell you) i be laughing like crazy when he says let me tell you 😂😂😂 but it's all good 👍

[@34ey5drift8]

denmark in the house

[@robertkustos2931]

Love that word, Geezer 😊

[@TheMobReporter]

Haha, it’s seems to fit

[@2lefThumbs]

Only heard of this in a brief news item last night- you're on top of your game m8👍

[@lukegaming86]

Thanks!

[@TheMobReporter]

Hey hey, thank you, LS! Much appreciated

[@rodrigoalmanza66]

It seems the money is not enough after retirement. Needs to make an extra buck.

[@MrCota208]

🎉🎉🎉

[@mr.fukk12]

Here in Texas if you do petty crimes like driving without a license you get as much time as these guys got

[@jonzilla4074]

Never count your luck but luck counts..

[@leehunter4084]

They money they made will make doing 8/6 & 3 years seem like a kiss. What a joke. Good for them. 👍🏻

[@mrbbqcraig]

Hahaha 🤣.... the sentences are pathetic...it seems in this case....crime pays 🤑..... cheers to you M.B.🤟✨

[@rcsnapon2132]

Good info my friend 😅

[@TheMobReporter]

Thanks, RC.

[@u2fkeys665]

This was a good one👍👌

[@rossblyth2598]

Great story. Thanks.

[@kbk011]

They should have let this keep going on. They keep nabbing these dummies

[@TheMobReporter]

I wondered that too!

[@sunsty1e]

cool post

[@boltvanderhuge8711]

Damn those are some really light sentences for that much fraud

[@TheMobReporter]

It seems so, given the people they were knowingly selling to. It’s not like they were helping political dissidents or tourists

[@adamackels73]

I'm not part of that Adam's family... Also, this reminds me of the AD/DC song - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap".. lol

[@dalelane1948]

lazy comment for the algo

[@burnaboyz5932]

" THE ADAMS FAMILY " 😂😂😂 WHERES LERCH🕴🏼 & WEDNESDAY 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@TheMobReporter]

Haha, yeah it makes me chuckle as well

[@t8rtaught]

I love the Mob Reporter! When explaining something to anyone, I always start with, "let me tell you about it"

[@TheMobReporter]

Hahaha, that’s terrific. Thank you; T8

[@kurtsteven6228]

Crazy. I’ve been looking for a passport.

[@bigdraco8662]

Same

[@HRM.H]

Just buy a maltese one! Fully legit

[@kurtsteven6228]

Or Vanuatu

[@Food_travel_auto_fun_89]

@@kurtsteven6228 worst of it's kind.

[@Food_travel_auto_fun_89]

@@HRM.H you can't find a passport for 25k, especially a very good one unless it's from people like in the video.

[@hassis6206]

Its going to be impossible to do this in the future, with all the biometric passports

[@aspiealpaca1917]

All British passports have been biometric since March 2006. These were "legit" passports so irrelevant here.

[@glengarbera7367]

What's a biometric passport?

[@robertdejonge3607]

Thanks for posting!

[@gfreeman9843]

No one does old gangsters like the English 😊😊😊. Great villains.. Arthur Daley would be proud of them. Just realized I'm a geezer too.

[@mickgatz214]

Awesome report. Definatly a sign of tech catching up!. ;)

[@TheMobReporter]

Thanks, MG. It will become harder but tech will come up with new ways to work-around. It is a constant cat-and-mouse game.

[@seanokeefe703]

Any patterns with the hugheses?

[@somerandomfella]

0:32 What! Not a face tattoo in sight. You should see the grubs here in Australia. 1%, Loyalty, teardrops & FTP all over their faces 🙄🤦‍♂️

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

It’s worth noting that MS13 is now transitioning to not tattooing members, by contrast

[@pmaigotthat7211]

Yeah but the 1% in your country think they’re fashion models lol

[@54blewis]

The wiser criminals are now avoiding facial and neck tattoos especially with the facial recognition technology being employed,it’s bad enough without the tats,but with them instant ID…a low profile and a moderate lifestyle keeps you (literally)off the radar and prolongs your chances of staying outside of the authorities grasp…though not entirely fool proof…

[@jarrodwalsh6850]

You’re the best TMR !

[@elcaciquedev]

I once met a Russian gentleman in South Beach that claimed to have 5 passports. Since, I've wondered how this underworld market worked given modern biodigital identity measures. Great video!

[@xboneava]

I knew very close people that travelled with fake British passports during the early 2000s.

[@justinblack5474]

Always top notch content! Looking forward to the next video! Cheers

[@TheMobReporter]

Thanks, JB.

[@keekee4271]

TMR does it again!

[@DouglasAdams-ud9vm]

AMAKLITES MUST BE SILENCED.

[@rogersampaio7450]

8:55 Beard got 6, a gift for pleading guilty lol

[@jamaljames2578]

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@humphreydickson9391]

You guys are doing a great job to stop crime

[@mickjames210]

i used to joke about selling real fake ids and fake real rolexs. most people didnt get it but you might lol

[@panosgamithis8868]

Here we are again... ..."Let Me Tell You About It"... Just Brilliant.....!!!!!🤓👌🏻

[@northyorkshireuk1]

Gillian from the Glasgow Passport Office I bloody love that woman she got mine in 48 hour's (in my name) then she helped my friend a van driver who had his stolen in france. The most helpful woman on the planet!, if you read this hen hit me up x

[@TheMobReporter]

Love to Gillian!

[@BanditsSpele]

As a Latvian i was shocked when my country was named in this video , never expected my small country to be in one of your videos , Good Job and amazing video @TheMobReporter

[@TheMobReporter]

Happy to include my fine Latvian viewers! Paldies par skatīšanos!

[@vondahe]

After you were admitted into the EU, your passports are every bit as good as any other member state’s passports while doodling around inside the union. Seeing that precious few outside Latvia speak your language, it’s also a safe one to travel with at the far end of the union, as you’re now virtually guaranteed no one will switch to your language and call the bluff.

[@landsystems5807]

Back when I may, or may not, have been involved in some large scale organized stuff, Latvian banks were a godsend (back in 2006).

[@BanditsSpele]

@@landsystems5807 That could be interesting video about stuff to see then

[@whatta7793]

How do people even get into crime at these levels and so coordinated? It's truly impressive. They just manage to find someone who can do the job. In this case, hitmen find a good trio to pretty much fake their identity for them at an absolute crazy scale. Where do you even look to find someone to do a job like this for you? Crazy impressive.

[@downandout992]

I am sure that a lot of connections are made in prison.

[@PaddyBoyBKLYN]

When youre involved in the black market, and criminal underground, ya meet like minded individuals. Career criminals are always looking for an edge, or exploit to capitalize on. And various services become heard through the grape vine, as they become available. Prison is another place to expand criminal expertise, and contact list.

[@Crown42]

​@@PaddyBoyBKLYN It's called emotional and practical intelligence. Criminals are some of the most imaginative people in the world. Especially the ones in prison. When you are locked up in a cell and have all day to study and read then you should be clever.

[@RadTradX]

@@Crown42I definitely would not call criminals smart. 99% of the time it’s some idiot in a ghetto selling crack and beating women

[@PaddyBoyBKLYN]

@@Crown42 ive never been to prison yet thank God. lol

[@ThePremel]

How' easy it is to find the loop hole's in thé goverments systems 🤭

[@TheMobReporter]

Too easy!

[@sandozdelysid]

The kinda content we crave.

[@iiFatalize]

Another great vid, thanks again for that one Mobman. There has just been an absolute laugh of an arrest over here in Aus, a van carrying over 250kg of meth crashed into two police cars. A video on that would be unreal!

[@juliogonzo2718]

Sound like some real criminal masterminds 😂

[@konzpect8246]

Speeding like crazy as well lol

[@davraheal6606]

Amazing work ❤

[@LJI777]

Love the vids they are well presented

[@moranmichael9226]

well done my brother this one was different.

[@airjordan1977]

Nice to see your channel has gotten so big Love your work ❤

[@deezysthadonsworld1138]

They bring a new meaning the term “passport bro’s”

[@legaliseme]

I've got a UK passport issued before they changed the colour to blue, so not sure about the newest ones but the security features in modern British passports are incredible, I don't believe for a second that they could be counterfeited.

[@TheMobReporter]

If you watch the video carefully, you'll see they didn't counterfeit the passports - they manipulated the application process to have the passport office issue real ones to someone in a fake name.

[@bogged2theeyeballs695]

Very light sentences considering the seriousness of the fraud, the types of criminals they were helping and the money they must have made.

[@longship789]

An amazing tale of deception.

[@69dblcab]

Thanks bud for another great video production. Always enjoyable. Good thing crime does not stop producing great stories. Seems a bit tongue in cheek. Truthfully I would prefer less crime. Now if you could only do the ones about the US Crime families in Washington DC.

[@skinebman1]

That would be awesome. Don't think my man would survive it though. Some sort of suicide probably. You know to keep things covered up n all

[@trj1442]

I don't even to need a listen before I hit like and a comment for any TMR post.

[@rexpayne7836]

Another great video and content.😊

[@erikhedrick2346]

Time to do an update on the war in Montreal - internal war

[@muzzmack4228]

I did the the passport thing in 1997 my photo with a friend's name it work got me out the country. In the end the pigs got me only got 3,months. time has changed.

[@TheMobReporter]

Was the 3 months for the passport or or something else?

[@muzzmack4228]

@@TheMobReporter hi mob Reporter big fan of your work the 3 months was for the passport

[@MK-tx6te]

Again..we would have this lovely service if not for ENCRO (no matter what the press release says), you can go round the estate these days looking for someone who looks similar, and the passport office strikes recently in the UK definitely made it easy ground as they were rushing through applications, top on the money content as always!.

[@MK-tx6te]

This operation began before ENCRO well before but was finalised on the head after evidence.. big shame.

[@tradingarsenal9767]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, SIR!!!

[@TheMobReporter]

Thanks, TA! That makes me happy.

[@tradingarsenal9767]

@@TheMobReporter you're welcome. Anytime!

[@mountainconstructions]

Would be interesting to know what kind of money an ill gotten passport commands

[@acebetoohigh8250]

Love the content, not sure why I didnt get notification for vid

[@utube012341]

Excellent work presenting this situation, thank you !

[@TheMobReporter]

I’m glad it worked, thank you, T

[@bananka4905]

Wow. That was amazing. The geezers .. hahaha. Hilarious as well. Retirement wasn't what they had in mind Thanks for another great video

[@truthseeking3818]

Can't imagine doing this type of dirt at this age - knowing if you get caught up you very well could be spending the rest of your life behind bars. Doesn't seem worth it to me! I guess the U.K. is so fucking soft on criminals though, they probably had no worries and still don't even while waiting for trial!

[@John-gx7hm]

Anyone that thinks this is simply "white collar crime" is dead wrong, these are the types of crimes that support further criminal acts including murder. Great job by authorities in creatively nabbing these criminals! 👏

[@karlashdown5228]

Bit late on the ball watching this one but well worth the time spent doing so, The Boss has spoilt us this week with two top notch stories. The quality of reporting is in many cases far superior to the so called big news outlets they could learn a thing or two on Crime from The Mob Reporter.

[@bigdraco8662]

How can I buy a passport like this?I am from the balkans

[@terryt2728]

Same..I'm from the US and can't get into some countries I'd like to visit. I don't even want to commit crimes just do tourist stuff. No crimes other than the fake passport that is.

[@bigdraco8662]

@@terryt2728 The US passport is one of the most powerful man😂Try having a passport from the balkans.Though ideally I would like an EU one

[@terryt2728]

@@bigdraco8662 It's not the passport that is the problem. It's my record that is the issue. I get what you are saying though.

[@bigdraco8662]

@@terryt2728 I thought that was only for immigration.Aren't you allowed as a tourist for example in the EU?

[@terryt2728]

@@bigdraco8662 Yes you're right about Europe. It shouldnt be a problem.I'd like to go to Japan to see the castles though and they won't let convicted drug felons in the country. Canada is the same way. I have a cousin that married a Canadian woman I'd like to go visit too.

[@mihnainud115]

Lol for real so few years? The crime itself speaks volumes😂

[@sh3755]

They gave up all the fugitives passport numbers. They made a deal and got a lighter sentence

[@ytucharliesierra]

Three letter agencies be like "This Channel Rocks!"

[@dahvmh1]

another great video .What next?

[@greggreg2263]

These old guys weren’t worried about two much now they’re just retired at club fed🙌💯✅ Great medical and great dental😁

[@Trav81888]

Geezers 😆

[@brandonshaw2120]

This is fascinating. It's like Day of the Jackal! Also, the Adams Family used to run North London. Not sure where things are at now, but 20 years ago they were the main firm.

[@sanderson9338]

No they were the most reported on the real guvnors aint in the papers. The real ones moved to Essex 25 years ago or more lol. The A team were just faces in the news of the world

[@aBc-123-XyZ]

😂......I thought this was a movie when it started to play the video.✌️

[@TheMobReporter]

What can I say? I’m f’in Martin Scorsese!

[@CanadianTommy]

I can't say much, just that one of them was sent to the prison I work at. Thanks again Adrian for a great episode.

[@reapthewhirlwind6915]

They got away with it. You can’t tell me they don’t enjoy having free meals and being able to lounge around all day in prison they’re old af.

[@DeeDeex007o]

Talk about a retirement plan!

[@stuarthall6426]

Quality ep.

[@ivannovotny4552]

They all got what they deserved. Thank you for sharing.

[@WN_Byers]

Such low sentences? hmmm

[@user-pm8je4fo7e]

It's unfortunate how gentleman so old was not wise enough to burn traceble records of each passport he "issued".

[@Roccinante]

Their people still work and they are even on Instagram

[@cheebacheeobusiness3893]

Don't the passports have nowadays fingerprints for enhanced security? I thought one must give the fingerprint in check in...

[@TheMobReporter]

Different countries have different levels of security. Most reply on facial biometrics - which is why these passports were so valued, because it really is the guy’s genuine face on the passport.

[@rauevaughn649]

Looking at television shows that show the type of Crisis you can

[@bitcoinbeavis7742]

My grampa prints his own money. So what? Old people need hobbies in their golden years.

[@154g]

Tell gramps to be careful