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IT expert given suspended sentence for rail ticket fraud

Published on 5 Oct 2009 under category: legal

A man has been given a suspended sentence in relation to rail ticket fraud crimes.

Computer expert Jonathan Moore was given the punishment at Brighton crown court for forging train passes.

It was revealed that the 27-year-old saved £12,472 over more than two years by creating fake tickets for his daily commute.

He has been ordered to pay the money back, as well as £510 in costs, and undertake 240 hours of unpaid work.

The fraud was detected by an inspector during a journey made last year, in which it was spotted that the colours on the forged ticket were not the same as those on genuine travel passes.

Judge Richard Hayward said that it was "very sad" that Mr Moore had used his IT skills for "a fraudulent purpose".

He added that the fraud crime was "skillful and sophisticated".

Last week, Arkady Gaydamak, a Russian-Israeli billionaire, was charged with fraud and money laundering.

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