Inmate 'pulls off £10m heist from inside prison' and uses cash to buy lavish mansion

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READ MORE: 'I was tormented by Britain's worst paedo – a millionaire who groomed me for years'It is thought to have been one of the largest heists ever successfully pulled off from inside a prison.Speaking of the case, attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak said back in December 2020: "Some prisoners aren’t interested in rehabilitation or paying their debt to society."The allure of millions of dollars in gold, coupled with contraband prison cellphones, allegedly was enough for Cofield to commit a brazen million-dollar fraud scheme from the confines of his prison cell."Cofield was allegedly able to get his hands on several means of identification for Kimmel, enabling him to gain access to one of the billionaire's online accounts in June 2020.He then reportedly impersonated the billionaire over the phone and opened a checking account in his name, using Kimmel's driving licence and a utility bill - along with the help of a co-conspirator outside of the prison - to complete the verification process.Shortly afterwards he bought 6,106 American Gold Eagle one-ounce coins for an eyewatering $11m (£9.8m) and even hired a private security team to transport the coins on a private plane to Atlanta on June 13, 2020, a court heard.The coins were allegedly intended for Cofield's co-defendants, Eldridge Maurice Bennett, 65, and his daughter Eliayah Bennett, 27, who reportedly used the money to purchase a six-bedroom mansion in Atlanta, paid in full by September 1, 2020.All three have pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Cofield is also facing attempted murder charges after he was accused of issuing an.