{"id":101084,"date":"2023-12-21T01:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T01:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=101084"},"modified":"2023-12-21T01:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T01:49:38","slug":"gang-of-fraudsters-posed-as-pudsey-bear-to-scam-shoppers-out-of-500000-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/gang-of-fraudsters-posed-as-pudsey-bear-to-scam-shoppers-out-of-500000-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Gang of fraudsters posed as Pudsey Bear to scam shoppers out of \u00a3500,000 | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A GANG of fraudsters dressed as Pudsey Bear to trick shoppers into handing over \u00a3500,000.<\/p>\n
They also used marketing material from charities including Children in Need, The Children\u2019s Society, MIND and Great Ormond Street Hospital to pretend to be legitimate collectors.<\/p>\n
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Over a decade, they repeated the scam at supermarkets across the country with only a fraction of the cash given to the proper causes.<\/p>\n
Ringleader David Levi used his loot to fund luxury holidays and also had a Hummer motor imported from the US.<\/p>\n
Under investigation, he was asked about 196 cash deposits totalling \u00a347,835.55 made to his Santander account between 2011 and 2017.<\/p>\n
He claimed he was working as an escort, had inherited \u00a3100,000 cash from his dad and won at a casino.<\/p>\n