Andrew Dewar suffered a stroke in 2007. Since then, he has barely left his home in Dundee, Scotland, and has never touched a computer or opened an online banking account. His 31-year-old son Stephan knew exactly that.
It all started with a US$6.794 (£5.000) loan that Stephan took out to buy a pub. But instead of returning the favor, he impersonated his own father to the bank, created online access in his name and, for nearly three years, used that account as if it were a personal ATM. The final figure: US$67.935 (£50.000). Where did all that money go? Greggs sausage rolls, OnlyFans subscriptions, nights out, gambling and transport, according to bank records presented to the court.
Sheriff George Way was unequivocal: there was no gambling addiction or threats involved to explain the fraud, only the cold decision to drain the savings of a man who could not even check them. Stephan did not even appear on the first day of the trial. He was then sentenced to 24 months in prison.