Courier fraud scammer jailed

http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/fraudster-who-posed-police-officer-10599981?

15 DEC 2015

A Huddersfield man has been jailed after he conned people into handing over credit cards or money, often by posing as a police officer looking into a fraud on their bank account.

Leeds Crown Court heard in some cases Zain Jamal Khan rang potential victims asking if they had used their credit cards at B&Q but when many said they had not he moved on to a different tale.

And on another occasion he tricked one victim into handing over £5,000 for a supposed police ‘sting’ operation.

Andrew Stranex, prosecuting, said he would tell the person contacted a fraud had been committed on their account suggesting their postman was involved.

Using the name of various police officers he asked for personal details and then in some cases he told them to put their card in an envelope and hand it to a security officer representing the police who would call round.

Information on those linked him to the frauds. By then 11 victims had lost £20,343.92.

Mark McKone, representing Khan, said while in custody on remand he had missed the birth of his first child and “is ashamed about that.”

The court heard Khan was on licence at the time for a previous jail sentence for fraud.

Sentencing him the Recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier QC said he had an appalling record for his age from robbery in 2005 to more recent frauds.

Zain Jamal Khan