Supermarkets accused of fleecing motorists during festive season

Supermarkets accused of fleecing motorists over the festive season by stinging them with above-average fuel price hikes in December The wholesale price of petrol and diesel rose by 1p-a-litre in December However, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco increased fuel prices by 3p per litre Only Asda matched the wholesale increase and was by far the cheapest … Read more

PayPal conman, 22, jailed for 16 months for fleecing victims out of thousands

Jacob Bailey, 22, of Rothesay Close, east Hull, was jailed for 16 months after he conned innocent sellers out of their money then frittered his earnings on drugs This is the face of a sophisticated online conman who targeted innocent victims with fake PayPal sales on his unsuspecting friend’s account from his home in Hull. … Read more

Care home manager jailed after fleecing money from residents

Care home manager is jailed after fleecing her patients to send £23,000 to conman she fell in love with on Christian dating site Helen Hughes, 56, took money from residents of the Ashton Park Care Home  She took £23,000 in total  from five different residents in Newport, South Wales  She gave the money to a … Read more

‘Despicable’ cowboy builder is jailed after fleecing elderly victims out of thousands of pounds

‘Despicable’ cowboy builder, 53, who fleeced elderly victims out of £300,000 is jailed for three years for same scam – just weeks after release from prison Alan Fitzgerald, 53, was originally jailed for six years in 2014 for conning 39 elderly victims out of £300,000 for bogus building work Just weeks after his release, he … Read more

Fraudster is jailed for six years after fleecing lover for £100,000

A fraudster who showed ‘jaw-dropping arrogance and cruelty’ has been jailed for six years after he fleeced his lover for £100,000 while continuing to live a double life with his wife and family.    Greg Wilson, from Thornby in Teeside, invented the persona of James Scott, a heroic firefighter who not only saved lives but had inherited a … Read more