Brit Romance Scammer and Gambling Addict Heads to Prison

Sajad Hussain, a romance scammer from the UK who victimised women from dating websites to finance his gambling habit, is on his right smart to prison. His escapades mired fleecing iii women of their money for almost a decennary piece beingness married to another.

Media outlet Swindon Advertiser reports that Hussain, a married adult male with two homes, was arrested in October 2020 next a story past ane of his victims. From there, authorities initiated an investigating into the matter, telltale(a) that he had conned the women out of £200,000 (US$250,900).

The investigating farther disclosed that he had been using untraceable mobile phones to pass with his victims o'er the seven-year full point he perpetrated his scam. How he managed to preserve from perplexing all foursome women – he married his wife inward 2018, quintet years into his design – remains a mystery.

The Long Con

It all began inwards 2013. Hussain reportedly met the women, who remain unidentified, through and through dating sites, including Plenty of Fish and Badoo. He went to outstanding lengths, fifty-fifty masquerading as a constabulary officer, to delude them into cerebration they had a self-colored relationship.

From there, the scam took radical and continued to grow. Hussain started requesting more finances from the women by guaranteeing quittance for the item or divine service provided. His excuses ran from having to mend a friend’s railway car he damaged to needing split money to avoid eviction.

He fifty-fifty conjured upwards his deceased father. Hussain concocted stories almost his male parent sustaining wicked injuries patch skiing and his mother battling knocker cancer, which were later revealed to be untrue during the trial.

The cons routinely worked. One dupe sold family unit heirlooms, spell another received a high-interest loan from their family. All of them matte up violated.

Hussain received a scathing rebuke from single of the women, who register a victim wallop statement inward court. She expressed her feelings of beingness overwhelmed and described the wallop of the criminal offense on her and her family line as “astronomical.”

Another emphasized how Hussain’s actions stock-still affected her years later. Because of her financial debt, she was unable to make full maternity leave alone after having a baby.

No Remorse

One victim gave him £15,500 (US$19,435) 'tween December 2013 and Dec 2014. Hussain convinced another to spring him £140,000 (US$175,546) from June 2014 to June 2020. The tertiary lost £48,500 (US$60,814) to his scam. He allegedly spent all of it gambling.

Hussain’s wrongful conduct resulted inward Phoebe charges of fraud, to which he pleaded guilty this past times April. Although he tried to sham remorse inward court, it didn’t work. That was single of the few scams he couldn’t let aside with.

The plans were too flesh out and well-designed for Hussain to have got any feelings of guilt. He created imitation names, faux personalities, and a myriad of simulated excuses to maintain his tales going.

The judge inward the grammatical case saw right on through all of it. “You were cold-hearted and mercenary, tossing them aside when they were no more yearner of any financial utilisation to you,” he told Hussain.

For the next ii and a half years, Hussain testament stay put slow bars. After that, he’ll follow eligible for probation. The victims, however, testament never get under one's skin their money back.