A scheming pair of crooks who impersonated police officers as they scammed elderly and vulnerable Scots out of over £200,000 have been jailed.
Derek Moore, 42, and Julie Ann McQuade were today sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh following a large-scale fraud investigation across Scotland.
Moore, 42, was caged for 13 years and six months while McQuade, 31, was sentenced to two years and six months for offences including fraud, theft and impersonating a police officer.
The duo had earlier pled guilty to the callous scheme on Friday, May 31. The court heard how the pair telephoned members of the public pretending to be police officers, alerting them to fraudulent activity on their account.
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