Neil Moore, a 28 year old man, who was convicted for committing fraud worth £1,819,000 in total, through four aliases, arranged for his own release by sending a fake bail email instruction to prison officers.
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A 28 year old man was released from prison after sending a fake bail email
He used an illicit mobile phone to create a fake email account. He posed as a senior court clerk and sent bail instructions to prison staff, who released him without suspecting any foul play.
Wandsworth Prison
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Court documents say he was arrested for posing as a staff from Barclays Bank, Lloyds Bank, and Santander, and managed to persuade large organisations to give him vast sums of money.
He was sentenced to serve prison time in Wandsworth prison. In an official statement made online, the warden of Wandsworth Prison said “Neil Moore was on remand when he used an illicit mobile phone to create a fake email account. He posed as a senior court clerk and sent bail instructions to prison staff, who released him without suspecting any foul play.”
Neil’s deception was discovered when government lawyers went to interview him three days later, only to find him gone.
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Neil has been re-arrested. He handed himself in three days later. During interrogation, Neil, confessed to setting up a fake web domain which closely resembled that of the court service's official address, and then emailed the prison's custody inbox with instructions for his release.
The judge, handling the case says Neil’s behaviour is a classic example of "ingenious" criminality.
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