Pathetic sentences handed down to Ipswich scum-bag involved in a nationwide bank fraud gang.
Romario Gentile, aged 25, Cornflower Close, Ipswich formally of London given a trivial 12 months in prison for his involvement in a crime that saw hundreds of people defrauded, Romario Gentile will only serve 6 months.
Ten people have been sentenced – five of them to a total of more than ten years - following national bank fraud, investigated by Suffolk and Norfolk Cyber and Serious Crime Department, which targeted 200 victims across the UK.
The enterprise involved the targeting of affluent apartment blocks in various locations throughout England, including Doncaster, Liverpool, London, Norwich, Nottingham, Sheffield and Tunbridge Wells.
Access to the blocks was obtained by members of the group who obtained tenancies using stolen identities and by producing false employment references. At least two bogus companies were set up to provide these references and land line numbers were also purchased via the internet to give these companies the appearance of legitimacy.
- Daniel Frank, aged 38, of Perth Road, Ilford, Essex, was sentenced on eight counts to a total of 40 months (three years and four months) imprisonment.
- Lawrence Siaw, aged 41, Festival Close, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, received 60 months (five years) for three counts.
- Romario Gentile, aged 25, Cornflower Close, Ipswich, and Hamza Ahmed, aged 36 of High Road, Leytonstone, were both jailed for 12 months, while Kim Thompson, aged 52 of Homefield, Waltham Abbey, was jailed for 10 months.
- Five others were given suspended sentences -
- Terence Mensah-Bonsu, aged 42 from Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, was given a 12 month sentence suspended for 18 months.
- Claire Leslie, aged 30 from Dunster Avenue, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, received a 10 month sentence suspended for 18 months and was ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid community work, while Katie Leslie, aged 26 from Surbiton Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, was given a 10 month sentence suspended for 18 months, was ordered to do 100 hours of unpaid work and a six-month supervision order.
- Amie Hodgson, aged 28 from Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, also received a 10 month sentence suspended for 18 months and was ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid community work and Shareen Randles, aged 30 from Peel Street, Liverpool, was given a 10 month sentenced suspended for 18 months and a two-month curfew.
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