Re: MPs' Expense Claims - Court Cases

**Badboy** Wed 12 Jan - 23:35

AnnaEsse wrote:
Badboy wrote:slightly off topic,it was said on itv/bbc? that a libdem mp is involved in scamming students

I read about that on the web site. Sorry, but I'm too tired to find it! This man was/is a lecturer at Coventry University, I think. He signed students up for extra tuition and got their credit card details. Then hundreds of pounds went from their accounts, instead of, say, the £60 they agreed to. One woman paid for some help for her daughter and found money being siphoned out of her account.

Actually he was a candidate, not an MP.

thanks for the correction,anna

**AnnaEsse** Wed 12 Jan - 23:38

Badboy wrote:
AnnaEsse wrote:
Badboy wrote:slightly off topic,it was said on itv/bbc? that a libdem mp is involved in scamming students

I read about that on the web site. Sorry, but I'm too tired to find it! This man was/is a lecturer at Coventry University, I think. He signed students up for extra tuition and got their credit card details. Then hundreds of pounds went from their accounts, instead of, say, the £60 they agreed to. One woman paid for some help for her daughter and found money being siphoned out of her account.

Actually he was a candidate, not an MP.
thanks for the correction,anna

Doesn't make it a helluva lot better, though. He was chair or something of the local LibDems.

**Chris** Thu 13 Jan - 1:15

AnnaEsse wrote:
Badboy wrote:
AnnaEsse wrote:
Badboy wrote:slightly off topic,it was said on itv/bbc? that a libdem mp is involved in scamming students

I read about that on the web site. Sorry, but I'm too tired to find it! This man was/is a lecturer at Coventry University, I think. He signed students up for extra tuition and got their credit card details. Then hundreds of pounds went from their accounts, instead of, say, the £60 they agreed to. One woman paid for some help for her daughter and found money being siphoned out of her account.

Actually he was a candidate, not an MP.
thanks for the correction,anna

Doesn't make it a helluva lot better, though. He was chair or something of the local LibDems.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Article/201009115890360

Assuming the claims are correct just think what he could have got up to if he had been elected.

**Chris** Wed 2 Feb - 7:49

A fourth politician faces the courts today over expenses. Jim Devine who is accused of submitting false invoices to claim about £8K appears at Southwark crown court. He has pleaded not guilty and is the first MP to face a trial.

**Badboy** Wed 2 Feb - 10:46

WASN'T THERE A MP WHO WANTED TO INFORM ON 4 OTHER MPS?

**Chris** Wed 2 Feb - 13:36

Badboy wrote:WASN'T THERE A MP WHO WANTED TO INFORM ON 4 OTHER MPS?

There was a report that one MP had shopped 6 others. It was rumoured it was Illsley (but not confirmed) who is currently awaiting sentence after pleading guilty.

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