Fraudster boasted of how he had ripped off Amazon for £128,126

A FRAUDSTER illegally claimed almost £130,000 in refunds from Amazon to fund his gambling addiction.

- By MARTIN NAYLOR

Over a two-year period, new father Danny Hutchinson placed more than 1,800 orders from 117 separate accounts, claiming cash back and either selling the items on or sending back substandard stock to the retail giant.

The 37-year-old, of Carlton, was caught out when he started telling others on online forums how they could rip off the online retail giant in the same way he was.

He moved money between 22 separate bank accounts during the period the fraud covered, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

Jailing him for three years, Judge Michael Auty KC said: “It was a sophisticated fraud which went on for an appreciable period of time.

“What is unusual is that you boasted to others online about how they, too, could carry out this kind of fraud.