July 22, 2008 2:15 PM

A fraudster who took a photo of his baby surrounded by £40,000 of stolen cash, has had the image used in evidence against him.

Ady Bunu, 34, took the shot of his young son after netting the cash in a cash machine scam in East Yorkshire.

Hull Crown Court heard how the scheme cloned over 2,000 bank cards which were used to withdraw cash from banks around the country. Bunu was jailed for five years.

Police say the man - who claimed the image was a Romanian tradition celebrating the christening of his son - had the potential to pocket more than £1million.

Det Sgt Neil Clarkson from the Humberside Police Economic Crime Section, said: “This was obviously a well organised card cloning operation where more than 2,000 card details were recovered.

“Although not all card details had been used, if they had all been used then according to the banking guidelines he had the potential to recover more than £1million.”

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