Louis Walker
lwalker@thekmgroup.co.uk
Kevin Pook, a resident of Gillingham, has been sentenced to over a year in prison for defrauding a couple out of £170,000 in an investment scheme.
In October 2020, the victims received a fraudulent email that appeared to be from the legitimate organization they were considering investing in. A year later, they discovered they had been swindled when the phone numbers they had been given no longer worked, leaving them empty-handed.
A police investigation revealed that the funds had been funneled into a shell company, NEG Services LTD, located on Ocean Drive in Gillingham, where Mr. Pook was listed as the sole director.
Initially believed to have relocated to Portugal, Pook returned to the UK on January 10, where he was arrested at Stansted Airport. The next day, he was charged with money laundering and subsequently pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court.