2024.11.11 Man jailed for theft, burglary, and fraud
(Warwickshire Police)
Man jailed for theft, burglary, and fraud
Published:15:06 11/11/2024
On Tuesday 7 May at around 1am, Frazer Gallagher was caught on doorbell camera footage approaching a property on Murray Road in Rugby, before attempting to enter the property.
After forcing the first door open, Gallagher was prevented from entering the property any further by a second locked door.
In the morning, the victim discovered that someone had entered his car, and that his wallet had been stolen during the night.
At 2am, Gallagher entered a petrol station on Market Street in Lutterworth and bought £27.09 worth of items using a debit card stolen from the car on Murray Road. Again, Gallagher was recorded on CCTV.
An additional £400 worth of transactions were recorded on the debit card over the course of the evening, including energy bills and a takeaway delivery.
It was later discovered that on 18 April at 2am Gallagher had unsuccessfully attempted to gain entry to a further address on Bow Fell in Rugby – again, he was caught on CCTV, and recognised by his clothing which he had worn during the other incidents.
Frazer Gallagher, 33 of no fixed abode, was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay a surcharge of £228, following charges of theft of a motor vehicle, attempt burglary, two counts of burglary with intent to steal, theft, and fraud by false representation.
Gallagher was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court on 4 November.
Investigating officer DC Chloe Smith said “Over the course of his spree, Gallagher has invaded the homes of victims and left them feeling insecure in the spaces they should feel safest in.
“Fortunately for the victims, Gallagher had an affinity with the camera – on every occasion of theft, fraud, and burglary, he had his image captured by CCTV and doorbell footage.
“We hope the sentence signals to the community that the actions of Gallagher and other burglars like him will not go unpunished.”
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(沃里克郡警察局)
男子因偷窃、入室盗窃和欺诈被判入狱
5 月 7 日星期二凌晨 1 点左右，门铃摄像头拍到弗雷泽·加拉格尔 (Frazer Gallagher) 走近拉格比市默里路的一处房屋，然后试图进入该房屋。
强行打开第一扇门后，第二扇锁着的门阻止了加拉格尔进一步进入房屋。
第二天早上，受害者发现有人进入了他的车，并且他的钱包在夜间被偷了。
凌晨 2 点，加拉格尔进入拉特沃思市场街的一家加油站，用从默里路的车上偷来的借记卡购买了价值 27.09 英镑的物品。加拉格尔的行踪再次被闭路电视拍下。
当晚，借记卡上又记录了价值 400 英镑的交易，包括能源费和外卖费。
后来发现，4 月 18 日凌晨 2 点，加拉格尔曾试图进入拉格比 Bow Fell 的另一个地址，但没有成功——他再次被闭路电视拍到，并通过他在其他事件中穿的衣服被认出。
33 岁的无固定住所的弗雷泽·加拉格尔因涉嫌盗窃机动车、企图入室盗窃、两项意图偷窃的入室盗窃、盗窃、虚假陈述欺诈等罪名被判处三年监禁，并被责令支付 228 英镑的附加费。
11 月 4 日，加拉格尔在沃里克刑事法庭被判刑。
调查人员 DC Chloe Smith 表示，“在实施犯罪的过程中，加拉格尔侵入了受害者的家，让他们在这个本应最安全的地方感到不安全。
“对受害者来说幸运的是，加拉格尔对相机很着迷——每次发生盗窃、诈骗和入室盗窃时，他的图像都会被闭路电视和门铃录像捕捉到。
“我们希望这项判决能够向社会发出信号，加拉格尔和其他像他一样的窃贼的行为不会逍遥法外。”
2024.11.11 Dementia carer who defrauded 96 year old man out of £143,000 to fund lavish lifestyle given suspended sentence
(City of London Police)
Dementia carer who defrauded 96 year old man out of £143,000 to fund lavish lifestyle given suspended sentence
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Published:13:22 11/11/2024
April Jo Richardson, 32, of Stansted Close, Chelmsford, has been sentenced today after she was found guilty of fraud by abuse of power and fraud by false representation at Inner London Crown Court. Richardson was sentenced to 20, six and four months, to run concurrently, suspended for 21 months. Richardson will be required to complete 150hrs of unpaid work and 24 days of a rehabilitation programme.
Richardson, a carer, defrauded a vulnerable 96-year old man out of £143,000 to fund her lavish lifestyle, which included trips to Barbados, New York and Spain.
April Richardson had spun an intricate web of lies which included her being a cancer patient and that she desperately needed help. In one case she messaged pretending to be a cancer nurse called “Sonia” where she pleaded with the husband to provide financial aid for the “last remaining months of her life”.
After discovering that an elderly couple’s bank accounts showed significant losses, their children made a report to Action Fraud and the case was then passed on to the City of London Police’s Fraud Operations Team to investigate.
Detective Inspector Nichola Meghji, from the Fraud Operations team, at the City of London Police said:
“The case of April Richardson is shocking and highly reprehensible, especially when you consider the age and vulnerability of the couple and the total amount of money that they lost, through their generosity and kindness.
“Nurses, carers and those working in palliative care are some of the hardest working and most selfless people in the country where a lot of people, in need, rely on them. It’s therefore very sad to see this level of trust abused.
“Richardson is an incredibly manipulative individual who coerced an elderly couple to part with their money purely for her financial and material gain.”
The history of the case can be traced back to 2018 when Richardson was employed by KarePlus, on behalf of Essex County Council, as a carer. It was in this capacity that, over time, she befriended the husband of a patient in her care. The patient had suffered a stroke in 2011 and was in advancing stages of dementia, which meant her condition required personal care twice a day.
In July 2022, when it was established that the patient needed to move into a care home on a more permanent basis, her daughter was required to provide Essex County Council with bank statements from the previous three months, to gauge the patient’s financial means in order to fund her residence. It was at this stage that the couple’s children were shocked to discover that the bank accounts were overdrawn.
After gaining power of attorney in September 2022, the couple’s children were able to access detailed financial information of their parents’ bank accounts. Between September 2018 and July 2022 there were a total of 202 transactions from the couple’s bank account to April Richardson, with an average payment of one per week at £718.
The patient’s husband stated that he had been helping April Richardson over the years by providing funds for various reasons, including: new beds for her two young sons, a final holiday to Spain for her sons and her terminally ill father, an iPhone and Apple Watch to enable her to seek employment, new flooring, an urgent trip to New York for private medical treatment for cancer and flights to Barbados for her brother’s wedding.
In total, the payments made from to April Richardson exceeded £143,000 over a five-year period.
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(伦敦金融城警察局)
痴呆症护理员诈骗 96 岁老人 143,000 英镑以资助奢侈生活方式，被判缓刑
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32 岁的 April Jo Richardson(艾普瑞尔·理查森) 来自切姆斯福德的斯坦斯特德克洛斯，今天在伦敦内刑事法庭被判犯有滥用职权欺诈和虚假陈述欺诈罪。Richardson 被判处 20 个月、6 个月和 4 个月的监禁，同时执行，缓刑 21 个月。Richardson 将被要求完成 150 小时的无偿工作和 24 天的康复计划。
Richardson是一名护工，她从一位 96 岁老妇人身上骗取了 143,000 英镑，以资助她奢侈的生活方式，其中包括前往巴巴多斯、纽约和西班牙旅行。
April Richardson 编造了一系列错综复杂的谎言，包括她是一名癌症患者，她迫切需要帮助。有一次，她假扮为一名名叫“Sonia”的癌症护士发信息，恳求丈夫为她“生命最后几个月”提供经济援助。
在发现一对老年夫妇的银行账户出现重大损失后，他们的子女向反欺诈行动中心报案，随后该案件被转交给伦敦金融城警察局的反欺诈行动小组进行调查。
伦敦警察局反诈骗行动小组的侦缉督察 Nichola Meghji 表示：
“艾普瑞尔·理查森的案件令人震惊且应受谴责，特别是当你考虑到这对夫妇的年龄和脆弱性，以及他们因慷慨和善良而损失的金钱总额时。
“护士、护理人员和临终关怀人员是这个国家最勤奋、最无私的人，许多有需要的人都依赖他们。因此，看到这种程度的信任被滥用，我感到非常难过。
“理查森是一个非常善于操纵的人，她强迫一对老年夫妇交出他们的钱，纯粹是为了获得经济和物质利益。”
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