Grenfell Tower fraudster admits making up family deaths

[Bob The Knob]

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[quote]Nguyen met Prince Charles when he visited survivors[/quote]

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41844044[/url]
[quote]A serial conman has admitted pretending his family died in the Grenfell Tower fire to obtain about £12,500 from funds meant for victims.

Anh Nhu Nguyen claimed his wife and son were killed in the blaze.

He posed as a victim of the disaster for almost two weeks and was given the money by charities and Kensington and Chelsea Council.

The 52-year-old, of Beckenham, south-east London, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday.[/quote]

[elix]

It's a tired Internet meme to say "this is why we can't have nice things" but this type of guy is why we can't have nice things.

[LZTYBRN]

[QUOTE]Nguyen was given a hotel room, clothing, food, electrical items and money after posing as one of the survivors.

He was discovered to be a fake when he gave several different flat numbers, some of which did not exist and one where a real victim lived.

Nguyen was born in Vietnam, and has been in the UK since the 1980s. He is a British citizen and has 17 aliases.
He has 28 previous convictions for 56 offences spanning more than 30 years, including theft, arson and grievous bodily harm.[/QUOTE]

This dude should be made to pay back for everything he was given, then double it. what scum

[Gook Nukem]

"Serial Conman" is the least attractive professional title I've ever heard

[Zonesylvania]

[QUOTE=LZTYBRN;52848781]This dude should be made to pay back for everything he was given, then double it. what scum[/QUOTE]
At this point you may as well throw him in prison and throw away the key since he's shown no indication of ever reforming

[ZenZill]

And he'll go to prison and waste more honest persons money.

[DMGaina]

I bet he's also scalping limited editions of Nintendo products.

[tropical]

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;52848612]It's a tired Internet meme to say "this is why we can't have nice things" but this type of guy is why we can't have nice things.[/QUOTE]

That's the thought that ran through my mind as I clicked the thread. On the other hand, I don't know, someone should be checking this, however it feels bad to background check someone who would have actually lost their family, but if it stops this sort of thing from happening.

[Steam-Pixie]

Wow... How fucking low do you have to be? :disappoint: