Bankrupt sentenced for fraud after taking £26,000 in credit
Bankrupt fraudulently secured £26,000 credit for dissolved business then claimed the debtor was a man in Malta.
From:
24 May 2021
Neil Maloney (45), from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was sentenced to 21 months, suspended for 2 years, for fraud offences after taking more than £26,000 in credit from a car parts distributor.
Neil Maloney was made bankrupt in December 2015 and his discharge from bankruptcy was suspended indefinitely.
Between May and July 2017, the defendant obtained more than £26,000 credit from a car parts company, claiming he was trading as a business called Transit Parts North West.
The court heard that Neil Maloney presented cheques to the business to pay for the credit from a company bank account in the name Truck & Trailer Exports Ltd.