Fraudster jailed over multi-million pound PPE scam
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Craig Morris was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Northampton Crown Court A fraudster has been jailed for helping to scam medical companies out of millions of pounds through bogus personal protective equipment (PPE) deals during the Covid-19 pandemic.
克雷格·莫里斯在北安普顿刑事法庭被判处三年零九个月监禁 一名诈骗者因在 Covid-19 大流行期间通过虚假个人防护装备 (PPE) 交易帮助医疗公司诈骗数百万英镑而被判入狱。
Craig Morris, 43, and Jogesh Bhandari, 60, bought luxury cars, holidays and a new home after pretending they could supply millions of boxes of nitrile gloves in the US and Germany.
43 岁的克雷格·莫里斯 (Craig Morris) 和 60 岁的乔格什·班达里 (Jogesh Bhandari) 假装可以在美国和德国供应数百万箱丁腈手套，之后购买了豪华汽车、假期和新房。
They were convicted of two counts of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation as well as concealing and transferring criminal property at Leicester Crown Court in July.
7月，他们在莱斯特皇家法院被判犯有两项串谋通过虚假陈述进行欺诈以及隐匿和转移犯罪财产的罪名。
On Wednesday, Morris received three years and nine months in prison.
周三，莫里斯被判入狱三年零九个月。
Jogesh, of Mitchell Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, will be sentenced later. Jogesh told his counsel he was taking a "very extreme painkiller" after having a pacemaker fitted last week and was not able to travel to Northampton, where the sentencing hearing took place.
来自莱斯特郡拉夫堡米切尔大道的乔格什将于稍后被判刑。 乔格什告诉他的律师，他上周安装起搏器后正在服用“非常剧烈的止痛药”，因此无法前往举行量刑听证会的北安普顿。
His wife, former pharmacist Meenakashi Bhandari, 58, also of Mitchell Drive, did attend the sentencing hearing.
他的妻子、前药剂师米纳卡什·班达里 (Meenakashi Bhandari) 现年 58 岁，也来自米切尔大道 (Mitchell Drive)，她确实出席了量刑听证会。
She was found guilty of concealing and transferring criminal property.
她被判犯有隐匿、转移犯罪财产罪。
She was given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, 250 hours of unpaid work and 15 days of rehabilitation activity. Judge William Harbage KC said there was "no medical evidence" to properly explain Jogesh's absence and said a bench warrant would be issued.
她被判处两年徒刑，缓期两年执行，并进行 250 小时的无偿工作和 15 天的康复活动。 法官 William Harbage KC 表示，“没有医学证据”可以正确解释乔格什的缺席，并表示将发出法官逮捕令。
He is expected to be sentenced on 16 October. Prosecutor Michael Bisgrove told the court Jogesh was the "driving force and the instigator" of the offending, while Morris, of Forest Drive in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, was "very much working for him".
预计他将于 10 月 16 日被判刑。 检察官迈克尔·比斯格罗夫告诉法庭，乔格什是这起犯罪行为的“驱动力和煽动者”，而兰开夏郡莱瑟姆圣安妮森林大道的莫里斯“非常为他工作”。
He said: "The offences took place during the Covid-19 pandemic at a time when there was a desperate shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE).
他说：“这些罪行发生在 Covid-19 大流行期间，当时个人防护装备 (PPE) 严重短缺。
"In that shortage, the offenders, particularly Mr Bhandari and Mr Morris, saw the opportunity to make money by fraud."
“在这种短缺的情况下，犯罪者，特别是班达里先生和莫里斯先生，看到了通过欺诈赚钱的机会。”
The court heard that Jogesh and Morris made fraudulent deals under a company called Banton.
法庭获悉，乔格什和莫里斯在一家名为班顿的公司下进行了欺诈性交易。
"They pretended to be big players in the PPE market.
“他们假装是个人防护装备市场的大玩家。
They pretended to have PPE for sale and to be able to buy vast amounts of it," Bisgrove added. The court heard they defrauded US company Med18 and German firm MedTech by sending contracts for equipment they did not have.
他们假装有个人防护装备出售，并且能够购买大量，”比斯格罗夫补充道。 法院获悉，他们通过发送他们没有的设备合同来欺骗美国公司 Med18 和德国公司 MedTech。
Bisgrove said: "In the course of the fraud, they took millions of pounds which they used for their own benefit to buy cars, luxury goods and property."
比斯格罗夫说：“在欺诈过程中，他们拿走了数百万英镑，用于购买汽车、奢侈品和房产，以谋取私利。”
Jogesh Bhandari spent thousands of pounds on luxury cars The court heard the Bhandaris also used the money to pay off family debt, while Morris bought a house, the court heard.
乔格什·班达里 (Jogesh Bhandari) 花费数千英镑购买豪华车 法庭获悉，班达里斯夫妇还用这笔钱偿还了家庭债务，而莫里斯则买了一套房子。
The value of money Jogesh obtained and kept in the course of the fraud was £1.75 million, and Meenakshi laundered money to the value of £960,000, the court heard.
法庭获悉，乔格什在欺诈过程中获得并保留的金钱价值为 175 万英镑，而米纳克什洗钱的金额为 96 万英镑。
Morris had been receiving regular £5,000 payments from Jogesh before the two men fell out at the end of 2021, the National Crime Agency (NCA) previously said.
英国国家犯罪局 (NCA) 此前表示，在 2021 年底两人闹翻之前，莫里斯一直从乔格什那里定期收到 5,000 英镑的付款。
Craig Morris (left), Jogesh Bhandari (middle) and Meenakashi Bhandari were convicted at Leicester Crown Court The agency said Jogesh worked with Frank Labruzzo, an attorney in the Louisiana Attorney General's Office, who provided a fraudulent escrow service - a bank account which holds funds until pre-arranged conditions are met.
克雷格·莫里斯（左）、乔格什·班达里（中）和米纳卡什·班达里在莱斯特刑事法庭被定罪 该机构表示，乔格什与路易斯安那州总检察长办公室的律师弗兰克·拉布鲁佐(Frank Labruzzo)合作，后者提供了一项欺诈性托管服务，即在满足预先安排的条件之前持有资金的银行账户。
The court heard that Labruzzo and another person involved have been convicted and sentenced in the US.
法庭获悉，拉布鲁佐和另一名涉案人员已在美国被定罪并判刑。
Sentencing Morris and Meenakshi, Judge Harbage said the pandemic was a time when "all of us had to make sacrifices and pull together for the good of society as a whole".
哈巴奇法官在对莫里斯和米纳克什进行量刑时表示，在这场大流行病中，“我们所有人都必须做出牺牲，为了整个社会的利益而齐心协力”。
He added: "There were a few people though who sought to exploit that to make money for themselves, motivated by greed.
他补充道：“尽管如此，还是有一些人出于贪婪，试图利用这一点为自己赚钱。
"I'm satisfied Jogesh Bhandari and Craig Morris fall into that category."
“我很满意乔格什·班达里和克雷格·莫里斯属于这一类。”
Tell us which stories we should cover in Leicester Covid fraudsters spent thousands on cars and watches
告诉我们应该在莱斯特报道哪些故事 新冠诈骗者在汽车和手表上花费了数千美元
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