A convicted fraudster who fleeced around £37,000 from a foundation set up in her late brother's name will pay back a nominal sum of just £1. Kayleigh Pepper targeted the Rich Foundation, which she helped set up and run in memory of her brother, who tragically died after a knife incident.
As reported by the Hull Daily Mail, Pepper had previously claimed that she had just £300 to her name but she is now said to have no money at all that could be seized as compensation. She was jailed for 20 months at Hull Crown Court in March and a Proceeds of Crime confiscation hearing has now been told that she, in effect, has no money or assets.
The court was told that the adjusted agreed benefit figure of the scam was £37,000 but that she had no means to pay that. Pepper, 37, formerly of Hardwick Avenue, Hull, but now living out of the area, was ordered to pay a nominal £1 within seven days or face one day in prison in default.
