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Daily Record|March 22, 2024
Fraud conned George out of life savings with tribunal scam
DAVID MEIKLE
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A FRAUDSTER who conned an Army veteran out of his life savings has been jailed for three years.

Agnes Hewitt, 63, spun a web of lies which led to former soldier George Ross handing over huge sums of cash.

Heartless Hewitt posed as a legal expert who told George, of Dalkeith, Midlothian, she could handle his employment dispute with the Royal British Legion after he was removed from his role around 2011.

She demanded payment for lawyers and sent fake paperwork before telling him the case had settled for £501,000.

This story is from the March 22, 2024 edition of Daily Record.

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