Scots hotel manager used a customer's credit card to buy train tickets

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A Scots hotel manager who used a guest's credit card to buy train tickets has been jailed for fraud.Blessing Bere, 49 of Cadiz Street, Edinburgh pled guilty to two counts of fraud and was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court on Tuesday 11 February.The court heard how, on Thursday May 3, 2022, the alarm was raised when the customer, who had stayed overnight at the Surrey hotel where Bere was a night manager, noticed that a transaction has been made on his card to pay for train tickets and contacted LNER customer service.The company's customer service team alerted their fraud department, who flagged the tickets as fraudulent.When Bere presented the tickets on a journey from London to Edinburgh on May 6, staff were immediately notified of a fraud alert from suspicious tickets.The Revenue Protection Officer asked that Bere leave the train at Doncaster so further enquiries could be made.

He was met at the station by British Transport Police officers who noted that he seemed flustered and would not explain to them how the tickets had been purchased.Shockingly, further investigations showed that he had attempted to purchase a number of LNER tickets using different cards, and he was subsequently arrested.Bere was searched and several items seized from him, which included multiple credit card authorisation forms for the hotel with guests' credit card and personal details recorded on them.Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join