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Daniel Cook has been sentenced for defrauding a retired primary school teacher out of more than £300,000 in a sophisticated five-year scam. The 32-year-old manipulated his unsuspecting victim, with whom he was in a sexual relationship, by forging documents and creating fake official letters and bank statements.
His deceitful tactics began with unauthorized withdrawals from the victim’s bank account. He even took out a mobile phone contract in the teacher’s name and falsely claimed he needed funds for a nonexistent training course in London, as revealed in court. Cook’s elaborate web of lies ultimately led to his downfall.
