A Leeds man conned people out of thousands of pounds worth of jewellery in a sophisticated scam using a phone app.
Casey Robinson, 20, used two fake Facebook profiles to message people advertising jewellery for sale on Facebook Marketplace. When he met with the people, he claimed to have used a mobile banking app to transfer the money they had agreed on - but it never arrived.
Leeds Crown Court heard on Wednesday that he first messaged a woman under the name Elliott West on Facebook after she advertised a gold bracelet for sale for £1,250. The pair agreed on a price of £1,220 before meeting at the Golden Lion pub in Beeston on November 7 last year. Robinson took another man with him.
