SIX people have been summoned to court over the past month charged with fraud, ranging from handling stolen goods to stealing another person’s identity.
Of the six defendants, five pleaded guilty to their crimes at Berkshire Magistrates Court.
One of those is Jeanette Williams, 53 of Bethany House, London, who has been banned from entering Marks and Spencers in Bracknell for an entire year.
She admitted to fraud by false representation after she obtained a credit note for clothing alleged to have been previously purchased intending to make a gain, namely credit note to a value £458.00 for yourself.
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She has to carry out 50 hours of unpaid work.
Also admitted his crimes was Richard Zarifeh, 32, who was sentenced to three years and ten months behind bars after he defrauded Bracknell’s Jemca Toyota car dealership of more than £750,000
The fraudster of Church Lane, Arborfield, confessed his stealing -- which cost the car dealership a total of £777,620 -- to a colleague at a meeting he had arranged.
One woman, who has been given a community order for her repeat offending, is Gemma Louise Foxwell, who admitted six offences of fraud and handling stolen goods.
Gemma Louise Foxwell of Swaledale, Bracknell, was found guilty of using a bank card in another person's name to pay for £34.99 worth of goods in Slough on March 31, 2020.
She had pleaded not guilty at a hearing on October 7 but was found guilty a year later on March 26at Reading Magistrates' Court. She also handled a Playstation 4 games console to the value of £399.99, belonging to ASDA, knowing they were stolen goods.
She was fined £240.
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Sampson Achina, 43, appeared at court on May 11 on a raft of fraud offences related to alleged offences on October 10, 2019.
It’s alleged he used a false identity in the name of Stephen Champion and a bank card in the name of J Clifford Wicks, for the use in the course of or in connection with fraud.
Charles Baldwin, 48 of hope Avenue, Bracknell is due to appear in Reading Magistrate's Court today for allegedly carrying out a fraud with false representation.
It is alleged that Baldwin made a false representation in the intended use and status of money given to him by another person, intending to make a gain for yourself of £200,000.
Jamie Andrews of London Street, Reading, was sent to prison for 12 weeks concurrent, suspended for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to making a false representation using a bank card belonging to another person.
He was fined £242.00.
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