Men who posed as bank staff to defraud pensioners to be sentenced in November
Three men have admitted to defrauding hundreds of thousands of pounds from vulnerable pensioners, and will be sentenced in November. The fraudsters posed as bank employees and police officers, tricking pensioners into withdrawing large sums of money. The victims were aged 65 to 90 and lived in Scotland’s central belt. The group used residential telephone directories to obtain targets' names and contact details.
They forged documents and instructed victims not to inform their families or the police. At the High Court in Glasgow, the men admitted to the scheme, which allegedly involved dozens of pensioners between October 2022 and November 2024.
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