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FRAUDSTER JAILED FOR SEVEN YEARS
AN ECCLESFIELD woman who conned vulnerable adults out of almost £1million is now serving seven years behind bars. Former care worker Diana Turner used the money she siphoned from her ten victims, who required daily care, to buy houses and numerous high performance cars over a period of ten years. Turner, 53, was employed as an assistant and care worker at a complex in Sheffield, housing residents with various vulnerabilities. Her job was to provide dayto-day care, however in 2006 Turner became more heavily involved in the running of the business when the owner was forced to take time off due to sickness. During this time, Turner manipulated the banking and
tax credit systems for weekly payments owed to the victims from the council.
Detective Constable James Hughes, the investigating officer, explained: “Over ten years, Turner selfishly and shamelessly took advantage of the vulnerable residents, taking possession and control of their bank cards making regular – and often daily - bank withdrawals to fund the lavish lifestyle she was leading. “She also set up standing orders from the victims’ accounts to subsidise that lifestyle, which saw her buying a static caravan worth almost £60,000, two properties in Dubai, three properties in England and numerous holidays to the Middle East.” In 2016, the business owner returned to work and discovered that some residents’ bank
accounts had been linked to Turner’s. He immediately alerted the police and Turner was dismissed soon after. DC Hughes continued: “During a three-year investigation, extensive banking data was analysed and the full extent of her fraudulent activity became known – it was believed that she took possession of a total of almost £923,000 from the ten vulnerable residents and benefited herself from £640,000. “All of the residents she took advantage of are vulnerable due to their age, mental health, or due to substance abuse issues and many struggle to operate daily functions – they relied on her to get through life every single day and she callously took advantage of that.”
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