Fraudster jailed over multi-million pound PPE scam
Summary
Craig Morris was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for helping to scam medical companies out of millions of pounds by selling fake personal protective equipment (PPE) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Jogesh Bhandari and his wife Meenakashi Bhandari were also convicted for their roles in the fraud and money laundering.Key Facts
- Craig Morris was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Northampton Crown Court.
- Jogesh Bhandari, the main planner of the scam, will be sentenced later because he did not attend the hearing.
- Meenakashi Bhandari received a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years and was ordered to do unpaid work and rehabilitation.
- They pretended to supply millions of nitrile gloves to companies in the US and Germany but never delivered the products.
- The scam involved defrauding US company Med18 and German firm MedTech, taking millions of pounds.
- The offenders used the stolen money to buy luxury cars, holidays, a home, and pay off family debts.
- Jogesh Bhandari worked with an attorney who provided a fake escrow service, who has also been convicted in the US.
- The total money Jogesh obtained was £1.75 million, and Meenakashi laundered £960,000.
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