A
heartless fraudster, who wined and dined six women he met online
during an £639,0000 swindle, has been locked-up.
Keyur
Vyas, 32, of East Ferry Road, Tower Hamlets, east London received six
years and one month imprisonment when sentenced at
Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court.
An
investigation into Vyas's activities was launched in October 2014.
He
befriend women online with the pretence of building a relationship
with them.
He
wined and dined them and would trick them into believing he was an
affluent man working in finance.
Vyas
exploited cultural commonalities such as religion and his wish to
start a family.
Once
he gained their trust Vyas would encourage them to invest in various
business ventures for a large return.
However,
the ventures didn’t exist and he was gambling the money away.
He
even continued to put pressure and was abusive to the victims to
continue to invest more money in order to get their investment back.
He
used fear tactics and stated that if they went to the police they
would lose all their money.
Vyas
pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud by false representation and
two other charges will lie on file.
Detective
Constable Andy Chapman, of the Central Specialist Command, said:
“Vyas
used a tried and tested technique to commit fraud.
“He
used the trust he had gained to get them to invest in non-existent
companies.
“He
went as far as having fake contracts drawn up with outlandish
conditions, but essentially he used the relationship to get their
money”.
“Vyas
was selfish and cruel in his actions by emotionally involving the
victims and conning them out of a combined loss of approximately
£639,133.00.
“Unfortunately
we see cases like this fairly often and my advice to anyone in an
online relationship whatever the nature is never to send personal
details or money to someone who you have never met in person.”
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