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| Four men plead guilty to £300,000 mobile phone scam | Four men plead guilty to £300,000 mobile phone scam |
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| Four men have admitted their part in a £300,000 mobile phone insurance scam. | Four men have admitted their part in a £300,000 mobile phone insurance scam. |
| Christopher Surman, 47, Wayne Ghosh, 43, Andrew Patterson, 32, all from Swansea, and Omar Mapara, 33 from Yate, South Gloucestershire, pleaded guilty at Swansea Crown Court on Thursday. | |
| They conspired to defraud mobile phone customers by calling them and selling false insurance policies. | They conspired to defraud mobile phone customers by calling them and selling false insurance policies. |
| The men will be sentenced at the end of a trial of five other defendants. | The men will be sentenced at the end of a trial of five other defendants. |
| Surman, Ghosh, Patterson and Mapara committed the fraud between 27 August 2008 and 20 April 2010. | Surman, Ghosh, Patterson and Mapara committed the fraud between 27 August 2008 and 20 April 2010. |
| On Thursday, a jury was sworn in for the trial of five others accused of committing the same offence between 3 November 2003 and 21 April 2010. | On Thursday, a jury was sworn in for the trial of five others accused of committing the same offence between 3 November 2003 and 21 April 2010. |
| The four men and one woman will go on trial next week. | The four men and one woman will go on trial next week. |