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<p>Throccmzvt: Нова страница: „Jailed: Fraudster kept 'little black books' full of customers' card details to pay for business supplies - Leicestershire Live He was out of his depth. It [the money] was used to prop an ailing business Jailed: Fraudster kept 'little black books' full of customers' card details to pay for business supplies A fraudster who kept “little black books” full of customers’ bank card details so he could steal their money to support his failing kitchen suppl...“</p> <hr /> <div>Jailed: Fraudster kept 'little black books' full of customers' card details to pay for business supplies - Leicestershire Live<br /> <br /> He was out of his depth. It [the money] was used to prop an ailing business<br /> <br /> Jailed: Fraudster kept 'little black books' full of customers' card details to pay for business supplies<br /> <br /> A fraudster who kept “little black books” full of customers’ bank card details so he could steal their money to support his failing kitchen supply business has been jailed.<br /> <br /> Gurchuran Singh Sehmi, 24, pleaded guilty to defrauding individuals and traders of about £105,000 between 2013 and 2015.<br /> <br /> The young businessman ran Kitchen Warehouse, which later changed its name to UK Kitchens and Bedrooms Ltd, from Frog Island, Leicester.<br /> <br /> He took over the business when he was 18, when his father who previously ran it “disappeared” due to “serious alcohol problems”, Leicester Crown Court heard.<br /> <br /> To keep the business afloat, Sehmi, who also went by the name Bobby Singh, would take card payments from customers and save their details to pay for supplies from traders.<br /> <br /> Defending Sehmi, Nathan Palmer said: “He was out of his depth.<br /> <br /> “It [the money] was used to prop an ailing business.”<br /> <br /> This then had a detrimental impact on the legitimate businesses involved as, when the fraudulent transactions were spotted, banks would “claw back the money”, prosecutor Ben Mills explained.<br /> <br /> When his home was searched by police they found a number of “little black books” containing details of former customers’ debit or credit cards which allowed him to use them to make payments.<br /> <br /> He would also take orders and not fulfil them, or do substandard work which eventually left victims out of pocket.<br /> <br /> One victim, 70-year-old John Smart, had been saving for a hip replacement when he was [https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/jailed-fraudster-kept-little-black-1126353 Visit this link] defrauded by Sehmi in 2013.<br /> <br /> He was charged £3,000 for kitchen units which were never delivered and Sehmi also fraudulently used his card to make purchases from a supplier worth more than £1,000.<br /> <br /> Five years on, Mr Smart hopes to be able to afford hip surgery, which will cost £10,000 to £15,000, later this year.<br /> <br /> Another victim, Bahrat Desai, explained how he was told “lie after lie” as Sehmi took £3,900 from him for a kitchen which he never supplied.<br /> <br /> Retired postman Mr Desai said he thought it was sad to see such a young man jailed, but hopes he learns from the consequences of his actions.<br /> <br /> Trading Standards had written to and met Sehmi to warn him over his behaviour.<br /> <br /> He was also interviewed by police twice and in one of these even tried to blame the crimes on an innocent employee.<br /> <br /> Judge Jinder Singh Boora sentenced Sehmi to three-and-a-half years in prison, reduced to 33 months, due to his guilty plea to two counts of fraudulent trading.<br /> <br /> These two counts encompassed crimes involving more than 30 parties.</div>

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