Gang jailed for transporting illegal cash

The co-owner of haulier Genesis 2014 (Ltd) UK and four of its employees have been locked up for a total of 34 years after being found to be part of a criminal enterprise run from the Tunstall-based firm, which saw large sums of illegal cash transported across the UK and beyond.

The gang, described as a "nationally significant organised crime group" by HMRC, offered their services to criminals up and down the country and beyond as part of a £30m money-laundering scam.

The five men include Marcus Hughes, a senior manager and part owner of Genesis 2014 (Ltd) UK, two of the firm's drivers, Nicholas Fern and Damion Morgan, and Liam Bailey and Leon Woolley, who both worked as transport planners.

A sixth man, Simon Davies, a business associate of Hughes, was also convicted.

Genesis 2014 (Ltd) UK is no longer in operation. Its operating licence was revoked in April 2021 and the company appointed a liquidator in June 2022.

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