The person who ran a foreign “one stop spoofing shop” that let criminals make it look like they were calling from banks, tax offices, and other official bodies has been given 13 years in prison.
Tejay Fletcher started and ran the iSpoof website, which was used to scam around £100 million from people all over the world.
Last year, the site was shut down in what has been called the UK’s largest fraud operation ever.
The site has directly gone after more than 200,000 possible victims in the UK alone.
At one point, scammers using the site to hide behind fake names were contacting almost 20 people every minute of the day.
They said they worked for banks like Barclays, Santander, HSBC, Lloyds, Halifax, First Direct, Natwest, Nationwide, and TSB.
Last month, Fletcher admitted to four counts of fraud and was given a jail sentence of 13 years and 4 months.
He made about $2 million from the business and bought a Lamborghini for $230,000, two Range Rovers for $110,000 each, and a Rolex for $11,000.
