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Published Date: 26 March 2008
A MAN has admitted a £70,000 fraud by ordering goods on credit he did not intend to pay for.
Andrew Lee, 26, ordered thousands of pounds worth of items on credit, giving suppliers fake credit references for his Midlothian-based company.

Many suppliers did not check the references and Lee was able to get away with the scam for months, Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told yesterday.

Police were tipped off about his company, Phoenix Direct, and visited his premises at Bilston Glen Retail Park, Midlothian, in July 2005.

Yesterday, Lee, of Glasgow, pled guilty to obtaining £70,466 by fraud through Phoenix Direct, a company he set up for the purpose of gaining goods which he did not intend to pay for, and encouraging others to provide false trade references for him between August 2005 and February 2006.

Lee will be sentenced next month after background reports.





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  • Last Updated: 26 March 2008 10:32 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Midlothian
 
1

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 26/03/2008 12:09:53
This sounds more like a "long firm" than a credit fraud.

The Krays and the Richardsons used to do exactly this in the 1960s.
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26/03/2008 13:09:23
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Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 26/03/2008 13:19:00
Amar,

What you say is largely correct, but this wasn't about credit CARD fraud!

Just thought I'd point that one out!
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Finbarr Saunders,

06/04/2008 18:20:22
I reckon poster #4 - Amar - has a vested interest in the website mentioned in his post.

Everything after his introductory paragraph is clearly a cut 'n' paste.

 

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