Michael Higgins was sentenced to three years and 10 months' imprisonment at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
A conman, nicknamed the Scottish Tinder swindler, has been jailed after fleecing his partner and pals out of £18,000 to spend on designer clothes and gambling.
One woman he met on an online dating site was conned out of £6,160 after he lied to her about needing funds to help his sister with large vet bills for her cat. Higgins told another woman he could obtain cheap computer products through his work with a finance company. Higgins was sentenced to three years and 10 months' imprisonment at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to 10 charges of fraud and one charge of embezzlement.
“This conviction demonstrates that those who commit offences of dishonesty and target vulnerable victims will be brought to justice.”
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