Heartless fraudsters posed as police to fleece thousands from elderly
The victims were in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire
The fraudsters posed as a police officer (Image: Derby Telegraph)
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Fraudsters posed as police officers to defraud pensioners in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire out of thousands of pounds.
One member of the gang would phone the victims saying there had been fraudulent activity on their accounts and that they should leave their bank cards and PIN numbers in an envelope outside their homes due to the Covid pandemic.
Lincoln Crown Court: Classic Jaguar car dealer is jailed over restoration fraud
| Updated: 09:47, 04 April 2021
A multi-millionaire Jaguar vehicle enthusiast was conned by a car salesman who sold him a rare E-Type sports car, a court was told.
Scott Shearman paid almost £130,000 to buy the vehicle from Scott Nicolsonâs company and to have it restored.
The car was manufactured in 1961 Ââ the first year that Jaguar produced the E-Type â and was to be part of a display Mr Shearman planned for Wappenbury Hall, the former home of Jaguar Cars founder Sir William Lyons.
Car sale.
The vehicle was one of 30 bought by Mr Shearman but within weeks of him paying for it Nicolsonâs Barbary Hill Ltd company went into administration and he lost out heavily.
Rogue car salesman jailed after fleecing multi-millionaire Jaguar enthusiast
His victims will receive no compensation
| Photo: Adobe Stock/lenscap50
A multi-millionaire Jaguar vehicle enthusiast who owns the former home of the company’s founder was fleeced by a car salesman who sold him a rare E-Type sports car, a court heard.
Scott Shearman paid almost £130,000 to buy the vehicle from Scott Nicolson’s company and to have it restored.
The car was manufactured in 1961, the first year that Jaguar produced the E-Type, and was to be part of a display Mr Shearman planned to be housed at Wappenbury Hall in Warwickshire, which was the former long-time home of Sir William Lyons who founded Jaguar Cars in 1935.
135 offenders who were locked up in 2020
The majority of cases were heard at Nottingham Crown Court
10:44, 1 JAN 2021
Some of the offenders locked up in 2020
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