Four con artists have been jailed after their cruel actions saw North East pensioners targeted and scammed to the tune of £200,000.
Arris Qumar, 26, Awais Zaman, 21, Mya Haskins, 19, Adriana Andrade, 19, were jailed for a total of over a decade after Teesside Crown Court heard of their callous involvement in a complex fraud conspiracy targeting vulnerable victims was exposed in court.
Last September, Northumbria Police detectives identified a total of six victims in the North East in Newcastle, South Tyneside, Durham, Darlington, as well as another in West Yorkshire who had all been contacted by fraudsters purporting to be police officers.
