十四名被判处2800万英的时租诈骗, 针对老年人, 使用假信用和高压策略. Fourteen convicted in £28M timeshare scam targeting elderly, using fake credits and high-pressure tactics.

针对3 500多名老年受害者(多数为60至80岁)的2 800万英镑时间分享欺诈,经过长达数年的调查,有14人被定罪。 A £28 million timeshare fraud targeting over 3,500 elderly victims, mostly aged 60 to 80, has ended with 14 convictions after a years-long investigation. 这个计划由Sell My Timeshare(SMT)经营, 使用高压销售策略, 向想退出繁琐的定期分享合同的人收取费用, The scheme, run by Sell My Timeshare (SMT), used high-pressure sales tactics to extract fees from people seeking to exit burdensome timeshare contracts, offering worthless "credits" instead. Mark Rowe因欺诈被判处七年半徒刑,他的妻子Nicola因洗钱被判处两年缓刑。 Mark Rowe received a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence for fraud, while his wife Nicola was given a two-year suspended sentence for money laundering. 以Tenerife及英国为基地的这项行动将受害者的钱汇入奢侈的生活方式。 The operation, based in Tenerife and the UK, funneled victims’ money into a lavish lifestyle. 英国广播公司(BBC)2016年的卧底调查揭露了这一骗局,导致漫长的法律程序,使许多受害者结案。 The BBC’s 2016 undercover investigation exposed the scam, leading to a lengthy legal process that brought closure to many victims.