Mary McDonald repeatedly plundered her boyfriend's bank account and took out loans in his name while he was unaware she was ripping him off.
A con woman posed as her partner for more than five years and forged documents during an elaborate scam to steal more than £30,000 from him.
The 41-year-old admitted forming a fraudulent scheme to dupe Mr Reid out of £32,000 between 1 May 2014 and 3 August 2019. The sentence on McDonald was deferred for a victim impact statement by Sheriff Alison McKay, as she wanted to know the full ramifications of the con on Mr Reid. "He thinks he has got the money to pay the mortgage but he doesn't because the accused has been taking it out and doing other things with it."
In 2014, Mr Reid, a builder, bought a plot of land in Stanley, Perthshire, and took out a mortgage in his own name to finance a new-build home. Eventually, a building supplies company made an application to declare Mr Reid bankrupt over an outstanding debt. In September 2017, an order was made to sequestrate his estate.
McDonald collected the keys and agreed to act as a point of contact for administrators during an insolvency probe.
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