"Karen Lawrence, 66, adopted a male voice during calls to a mortgage firm and a pension company, deceiving staff into believing she was her husband, John. This elaborate ruse allowed her to illegally obtain 99,659.12."
"Ms Lawrence was given a community payback order as a direct alternative to custody and ordered to perform 300 hours of unpaid work within 12 months when she was sentenced at Ayr Sheriff Court on Tuesday."
"Anne Marie Hicks, procurator fiscal for North Strathclyde, said: Karen Lawrence committed a serious betrayal of trust in deceiving her husband."
Karen Lawrence, 66, was sentenced to 300 hours of unpaid work for embezzling 99,659.12 through a mortgage and pension fraud scheme. She impersonated her husband, John, using a male voice during calls to deceive staff at financial institutions. Lawrence had previously pleaded guilty to the fraudulent scheme. In addition to the community payback order, she will be under supervision for two years and has a six-month restriction of liberty order from 8pm to 6am.
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