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Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk and Anthony France

Fraudster jailed for swindling retired scientist out of £74,000 life savings

Tricked: Leopold Hugh Reeves, who has suffered bruising as a result of his tongue cancer, transferred money to a fraud gang - (Alex Lentati)

A fraudster who helped to raid £74,000 from the life savings of a retired nuclear physicist whose computer was remotely accessed has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Klaudiusz Majewski, 49, was part of an organised crime group which targeted vulnerable people in a bid to scam them out of their money.

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