Tuesday 20 August 2013

Ticket fraudster gets four more years in prison

Convicted fraudster Alan Scott has had an additional four years added to his seven year prison sentence after failing to pay back £500,000 of ill gotten gains that was ordered by the judge at Southwark Crown Court. Scott and partner in Xclusive, Terence Shepherd, were masterminds behind a £5 million fraud where thousands of customers applied for but never received tickets for events including the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Victims included double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington's parents and many sports and festival fans. Shepherd received an eight year sentence - and has also now failed to meet a deadline to pay back the £1.25 million he received from the scam, with a default sentence of six years if he fails to pay.  

More here http://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-work/our-cases/case-progress/xclusive.aspx

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