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| Kirsty Cox jailed for two years for £450,000 iPad scam | Kirsty Cox jailed for two years for £450,000 iPad scam |
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| A woman who defrauded thousands of customers in an iPad scam worth £450,000 has been jailed. | A woman who defrauded thousands of customers in an iPad scam worth £450,000 has been jailed. |
| Kirsty Cox, from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, took thousands of orders for the tablet computers between March and December 2012 after claiming she could source them at a reduced price. | Kirsty Cox, from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, took thousands of orders for the tablet computers between March and December 2012 after claiming she could source them at a reduced price. |
| Teesside Crown Court heard how the 37-year-old was paid for the devices but could not provide them. | Teesside Crown Court heard how the 37-year-old was paid for the devices but could not provide them. |
| Cox, who previously admitted four fraud charges, was jailed for two years. | Cox, who previously admitted four fraud charges, was jailed for two years. |
| 'Trusted her 100%' | |
| The court heard how Cox took orders on behalf of individuals and groups in the run-up to Christmas. | |
| The mother-of-two told people that she had a contact who could supply her with the iPad's for £50 to £100 off the retail price. | |
| She sold hundreds of the devices, but after taking payment up front, she was unable to supply customers with the tablets. | |
| Her former sister-in-law Karen Kennedy, took cash from work colleagues which she passed on to Cox. | |
| Mrs Kennedy said: "I had a really close relationship with Kirsty and she had a really good reputation. | |
| "She told me that she could get really cheap iPads and she had been supplying them to loads of companies and she just asked me to spread the word at my work. | |
| "I trusted her 100% and I had no reason not to." |