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Ex-policeman jailed for valuation fraud

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  • 29/06/2015
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A conman whose mortgage scam defrauded people all over the country out of thousands of pounds has been jailed for three years at York Crown Court.

The York Press reported that former police officer Glyn Keatley, 56, pleaded guilty last month to ten counts of fraud, persuaded his victims to pay for valuations on properties to his business Anglian Holdings on promises of mortgages at good rates, said prosecutor Aisha Wadoodi.

None of the customers received a valuation or their money back after the scam, which totalled £31,577.

When victims grew suspicious Keatley said his son had died or suffered a serious injury in an accident.

Keatley – who served with South Yorkshire Police between 1977 and 1984, had already been previously convicted in New York of similar offences in America.

Keatley, who maintained he’d been running an honest business which deteriorated, flew to Tenerife in 2010 but had been extradited back to Britain earlier this year.

The Recorder of York, Judge Stephen Ashurst, told Keatley he was a conman who had made bogus claimed about members of his family to try to win sympathy and take the pressure off himself, and used his position as a former policeman to win their trust.

He said this had not been a victimless crime, as Keatley had caused his victims stress and anxiety as well as financial loss, and prompted feelings of gullibility. The judge also said he felt his remorse was ‘only skin deep.’ He added that the jail sentence was being reduced by 25 per cent to three years because he had pleaded guilty.

DS Andy Kenyon from the Major Fraud Investigation Team at North Yorkshire Police, said: “Keatley is a deceitful individual who unlawfully obtained large amounts of money from innocent people,” he said. “It is good news that he will spend time behind bars for the fraud he has committed.”

 

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