A businessman carried out a huge £736,000 Boots gift card scam in just two months.
Robert Bell was involved in the con after taking advantage of a secret loophole.
The 37-year-old crook was able to get the cards for free by filling out an order form and asked them to be loaded with credit without the intention of paying the cash back.
Jurors heard how a postman recalled a string of “special deliveries” to Bell’s apparent cash and carry firm run from a large hut at a business park in Bishopbriggs.
Brazen Bell was finally snared when he tried to get his hands on another £150,000 of gift cards.
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He is now behind bars after being convicted of being involved in a fraudulent scheme against Boots between September and November 2017.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard the crook was behind a wholesalers called Bells of Bishopbriggs.
In her closing speech, prosecutor Hannah Terrance told jurors: “Bell had no intention for paying for any of this credit.
“He exploited a loophole and made false pretences as part of the fraudulent scam.”
The gift card amounts Bell, now of the city’s Tollcross, illegally got his hands on varied including for £7,500.
Bell spent over half a million pounds of the gift cards across 30,000 transactions.
Miss Terrance told the court: “His postman described his business premises as a hut.
“All he could tell was that Bell was there receiving regular special deliveries.”
The trial heard Bell…
