The mother of a Trafford drug dealer has been jailed after admitting mortgage fraud and money laundering.

Fatemah Sheibani obtained and transferred property worth £150,000 in the knowledge it was the proceeds of criminal conduct by her son Aram Sheibani.

She fled the country to Iran in August 2019 and a European Arrest Warrant was issued.

However she returned to the UK when her son was sentenced.

She was arrested at Manchester Airport in February this year after disembarking on a flight from Turkey.

An investigation showed she was embroiled in her son’s criminality.

The 75-year-old pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and money laundering.

At Manchester Minshull Street she was jailed for ten months.

Her son, aged 21, was jailed for 37 years in June 2021 after admitting to fraud, money laundering and drug related offences.

DS Lucy Pearson led the investigation against both Fatehmah Sheibani and Aram Sheibani.

She said: “These people have been brought to justice thanks to the hard work of the Money Laundering Team, the wider Economic Crime Unit and Cyber Crime Team of the GMP serious crime division.

“Fatehmah Sheibani and Aram Sheibani made the despicable decision to use fraud and deceit to fund their own lifestyles and I’m pleased that the sentence today has ensured they are now both facing punishment for their crimes.

“Fighting fraud is a relentless task but GMP are committed to securing justice for victims and will always seek to strip criminals of their ill-gotten gains.”