An Only Fans mum conned a man she met on Facebook dating out of more than £30,000 of his inheritance money, a court heard.
Leigh Dennis appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation, and possession of extreme pornographic images. Rebecca Smith, prosecuting, detailed that Dennis used social media websites to commit “romance fraud”, conning Colt Candeias out of £33,672 between January and June 2021, and Aaron Carroll out of £1,940 between January and July 2021.
Ms Smith detailed that Dennis, 24, began chatting with Mr Candeias, who has Autism Spectrum Disorder and difficulties with communication, on Facebook dating, and later asked him to subscribe to her only fans account. She explained that the fraud began with Dennis asking Mr Candeias to send her food orders to her address in Wallasey, and she gave a variety of reasons for needing money including for council tax, to buy goods for a friend from Argos, help with rent, or that she was having suicidal thoughts.
