Man impersonates dead mother to steal $70,000 from grieving father
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Cuthbert took all of his father’s savings, including his redundancy pau-out, and also loans
London (Web Desk) - A UK man has been jailed for draining tens of thousands of pounds from his father’s bank accounts by faking both his voice and that of his dead mother, during phone calls with bank staff.
A complex police investigation found that during a 14-month period in 2017 and 2018, just months after his mother had passed away, 42-year-old Daniel Cuthbert defrauded his grieving father of more than £56,000 ($70,000) by phoning his parents’ bank and posing as both his father and his late mother.
Audio footage released by Northamptonshire police revealed how Cuthbert faked his dead mother’s name on at least nine occasions. He can be heard correctly answering a number of security questions before requesting that a sum of money be transferred from his parents’ account into another account.
Cuthbert took all of his father’s savings, including his redundancy pau-out, and also took several loans in his name.
