A father has been jailed for his involvement in fraud offences after he had intentions of scamming up to £25000.
Earl George Wisdom (pictured), from Northborough Road, London was caught in possession of personal banking details and a bank card under an associate’s name. Paperwork was recovered from his car with bank details on it that had been supplied by a former bank employee.
The court heard that a sum of £10,000 was transferred from a Bank of Ireland account in two lump sums, but the origin of this money is unknown.
The 31-year-old who has previous convictions involving Class A drugs was arrested before he could withdraw the money from his associate’s bank.
Winchester Crown Court heard that passwords and banking details of two females were stored on his mobile allowing him to withdrawal a combined total of £14000 from their accounts.
Wisdom claimed his role was to transport an unnamed woman to the bank for her to withdraw money under a false identity.
Detective Constable Graham Robson told WINOL that the victims have been reimbursed by Halifax.
Halifax said in a statement: “The security of our service and of our customers’ accounts is absolutely our number one priority. We’re regularly improving our security to prevent fraud.”
Passing sentence Judge Graham Cottle described Wisdom as “thoroughly dishonest” and sentenced him to 15 months in prison.
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