A COUPLE accused of money-laundering and deception are alleged to have lied about income to the tune of more than £160,000.

Naseem Iqbal, an events organiser, and his wife Sadia Riaz will stand trial next year accused of a number of offences including money-laundering and deception.

Iqbal pleaded not guilty to all the charges he faces when he appeared before Bradford Crown Court yesterday.

Iqbal, of Foster Avenue, Beaumont Park, Huddersfield, appeared in the dock alongside his 32-year-old wife Sadia Riaz, who has also denied involvement in money-laundering and an alleged mortgage scam back in 2004.

The couple both denied having possession of two separate quantities of cash totalling more than £13,000 while knowing or suspecting that the money was the proceeds of criminal conduct.

They also pleaded not guilty to obtaining a money transfer by deception in relation to £164,970 which is said to have obtained through false representations about Riaz’s income and employment in 2004.

The pair also denied converting over £30,000 in criminal property into an interest in their home in August 2004 and converting further illicit cash into mortgage repayments totalling more than £77,000.

Iqbal denied two further charges of acquiring criminal property in relation to a series of payments into bank accounts amounting to over £140,00 while Riaz pleaded not guilty to a similar charge involving nearly £8,500 paid into a separate bank account.

Iqbal further denied that he had converted criminal property amounting to just over £150,000 into credits at the Grosvenor Casino, Huddersfield.

The 33-year-old also pleaded not guilty to acquiring or converting criminal property in relation to an Aston Martin, a Lamborghini, an Audi A4 and two BMWs.

Recorder Henry Prosser granted the couple conditional bail after confirming that a two-to-three week trial could take place beginning on March 5 next year.

There is due to be a further pre-trial hearing on Friday October 7.