Four men accused over failed cyber plot at Santander branch

It is alleged one of the plotters posed as an engineer in an attempt to fit a computer in a London branch of Santander with a “keyboard video mouse’’ device that allowed them to transmit its desktop contents.

The cyber gang is alleged to have tried to use the gadget to take control of all the computers at the branch in Surrey Quays shopping centre in south-east London, but the attempt failed and the Spanish bank said they were unable to steal any money.

Lanre Mullins-Abudu, 25, from Putney, south-west London, Dean Outram, 34, from north-west London, Akash Vaghela, 27, from Hounslow, west London, and Asad Ali Qureshi, 35, from south-west London, appeared at Westminister Magistrates’ Court charged with conspiracy to steal.

Mullins-Abudu, Outram and Quereshi were remanded in custody while Vaghela was granted condition bail.

All four are die to appear at Southwark Crown Court on September 27.