CRIMINAL DIVISION
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B e f o r e :
MR JUSTICE SPENCER
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HIS HONOUR JUDGE PICTON
(Sitting as a Judge of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division)
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IONUT EMANUEL LEAHU |
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LORD JUSTICE SIMON:
Mirzac's basis of plea states that you introduced him to Bortos.
Leahu, in your basis of plea you state your role was that of reconnaissance for a maximum period of two weeks. You were paid £1,000 per week. The role evidently included identifying and then accessing ATMs with a view to malware being loaded onto them. You knew what the purpose of the enterprise which you lent yourself to was although you may not have known the full extent of it and you were content to lend yourself to the facilitation of the fraud.
The fact that you were provided with the notebook which contained the locations of the ATMs and given the keys to some of them suggests you were a trusted member of the enterprise. You were in possession of the keys when you were arrested. You were in frequent contact with Bortos and also with Paladi which suggests co-ordinated activity.