Six jailed for running £37m ‘copycat website’ fraud | UK news | The Guardian

[Legal Beagles]

Six people have been given jail sentences after defrauding the public out of more than £37m in one of the largest UK online crime cases brought to court.The group set up and operated a number of “copycat websites”, which impersonated official government services to sell passports, driving licences and other…

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[Amethyst]

Background info -

TAD services ltd - copycat website operators - co. dissolved compulsory strike on 23rd june 0215

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1174..._fraud/?ref=mr

These guys https://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjud...x#.VZLL3EbAle0 and https://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjud...x#.VZLS9EbAle0 and https://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjud...x#.VZLTDUbAle0

They ran numerous copycat and third party websites - ehic/dvla/passports ( UK-Passport.net driver-theory-test.co.uk rodlicence.net www.esta-dhs.com dvla-licence-application.co.uk) - has now been dissolved. Their previous company CHECK & SEND DOCUMENTS SERVICES LTD was dissolved in 2013.

Then set up TAD Services Ltd, and then that's been dissolved

Also had Esta Services - www. nhs-services. org.uk and such crap - about 50 websites in all.

[Amethyst]

Sentences...

The July 2017 trial resulted in the following sentences:

• Peter Hall (age 47 of Homestead Road, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire) was sentenced to 8 years and 8 months in prison. Mr Hall also received a further 1 year and 4 months in relation to a previous suspended sentence following a conviction for fraud.
• Claire Hall (age 41 of Homestead Road, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire) was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
• Syed Bilal Zaidi (aged 35 formerly of Broad Street, Arlesford, Hampshire) was sentenced to 6 years in prison in his absence and his whereabouts are currently unknown.
• Collette Ferrow (aged 50 of Longmead, Liss, Hampshire) was sentenced to 4 years in prison
• Liam Hincks (aged 28 of St Albans Heights, Tanyfron, Wrexham, Clwyd) pleaded guilty before the trial began and was sentenced to 3 years.

The March 2018 trial (which ended today) resulted in the followed sentences:

• Peter Hall (age 47 of Homestead Road, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire) was sentenced to 5 years in prison. He was also disqualified as company director for 10 years.
• Kerry Mills (age 49 of Hillsborough Park, Camberley, Surrey) was sentenced to 5 years in prison. She was also disqualified as a company director for 8 years.
• Liam Michael Murray Hincks (aged 28 of St Albans Heights, Tanyfron, Wrexham, Clwyd) pleaded guilty before the trial began and will be sentenced at a later date.

Second set of sentences are for

The second trial (March 2018) heard how the five defendants established a series of copycat websites through the companies Online Forms Limited and AE Online Services Limited in 2014 and 2015..

[Amethyst]

BBC Article - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43309881

[ostell]

It was 3 years ago!