Fraudster dated women and conned £600,000

Friday 03rd May 2019 06:18 EDT
 
Keyur Vyas
 

A man who told women he met online that he was a high-flyer in the City before defrauding them of more than £600,000 was jailed yesterday.

Keyur Vyas, 32, used dating sites to contact women with the pretence of starting a relationship, Kingston Crown Court heard. Vyas told these women that he was a wealthy businessman who shared their religion and was looking to settle down and start a family.

After gaining their trust Vyas, who worked as a recruitment consultant between 2014-17, would tell them about his business ventures, claiming that they would see huge returns if they invested and used fake contracts to persuade the women that the ventures were legitimate.

Vyas, of Tower Hamlets, East London, pleaded guilty last month to four charges of fraud by false representation, with two remaining charges to lie on file and was sentenced to serve six years and one month in jail.


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