Community service sentence for internet racecar fraud

[davewilson]

A man who defrauded two racing drivers out of £16,000 has been ordered to do community service - after his parents paid back the cash.

According to the Glasgow Daily Record newspaper William Robinson, a customer service rep, placed internet ads claiming he could supply parts for Formula One racing cars that persuaded Swedish racer Johan Rajamaki to pay him £10,000 for a racing car chassis and conned Danish driver Kim Soerensen out of £6000 after promising him a chassis which was never delivered.

Depute fiscal Angus Crawford told an earlier hearing at Hamilton Sheriff Court that mounting debts led Robinson to carry out his scam from a PC at his home using advertisements on Race Cars Direct website.

Robinson told Soerensen that he could supply an F1 McLaren-Mercedes racing car chassis for £6000 and Mr Rajamaki transferred £10,000 to the conman's bank account after he was promised a chassis would be shipped to his home in Sweden.

The Stig