A Maidstone fraudster who used almost £160,000 of victims’ money to fund a gambling habit has been jailed

In 2015, Max Evans persuaded a pensioner he knew to give him access to their money, which he claimed he would move to a savings account so it could accrue interest.

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Evans received nearly £79,000 over a period of five years but instead of investing it for the victim, he used it entirely for the purpose of gambling. He used the same scam to dishonestly receive £35,000 from an elderly relative between 2017 and 2021. This sum was also lost on making losing bets with bookmakers.

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