News report today.
A COUPLE nabbed £32,000 from Netto in a crafty cashback con.
Disabled Paul and Patricia Bates noticed funds were not debited from their account when they asked for money at the checkout.
After realising the computer glitch, they visited the store up to 13 times a day — 580 times in three months.
Store accounts officials finally rumbled them when they noticed an amazing rise in cashback transactions.
The pair pocketed at least £50 each time and splashed out on a £5,200 Mitsubishi Space Wagon.
Cops found £2,000 hidden in a biscuit tin at their home in Cleethorpes, Lincs.
Once they took out £350 after spending just £16 at the store in nearby Grimsby by asking for cash after every third item went through the till.
The town’s crown court heard IT engineers traced the problem to a chip and pin system that was not properly connected.
Paul, 45, and wheelchair-bound Patricia, 41, admitted defrauding £32,316.
Both were sentenced to 51 weeks’ jail, suspended for 12 months. The judge told them they would have been jailed had they not been disabled.
They will be tagged during a six-month curfew. Three others were cautioned for frauds totalling £7,000 at the store.
Check out the pic, they are just obese if you ask me.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1639805.ece
Where do we draw the line, they knew what they were doing but because of their 'disability' they dont get punished.
A COUPLE nabbed £32,000 from Netto in a crafty cashback con.
Disabled Paul and Patricia Bates noticed funds were not debited from their account when they asked for money at the checkout.
After realising the computer glitch, they visited the store up to 13 times a day — 580 times in three months.
Store accounts officials finally rumbled them when they noticed an amazing rise in cashback transactions.
The pair pocketed at least £50 each time and splashed out on a £5,200 Mitsubishi Space Wagon.
Cops found £2,000 hidden in a biscuit tin at their home in Cleethorpes, Lincs.
Once they took out £350 after spending just £16 at the store in nearby Grimsby by asking for cash after every third item went through the till.
The town’s crown court heard IT engineers traced the problem to a chip and pin system that was not properly connected.
Paul, 45, and wheelchair-bound Patricia, 41, admitted defrauding £32,316.
Both were sentenced to 51 weeks’ jail, suspended for 12 months. The judge told them they would have been jailed had they not been disabled.
They will be tagged during a six-month curfew. Three others were cautioned for frauds totalling £7,000 at the store.
Check out the pic, they are just obese if you ask me.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1639805.ece
Where do we draw the line, they knew what they were doing but because of their 'disability' they dont get punished.
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