Serial Fraudster Fails to Pay Victims, Received £25 of £13,750 Compensation Despite Court Orders

Charlott Blackwell, a 31-year-old serial fraudster from Bridgend, was ordered to pay £13,750 to her victims after conning them out of their savings for a fake wedding. Despite a court order, Blackwell has paid only £25 to each of her four victims, who were left out of pocket after she spent their money on her gambling habit. The victims, including her then-fiancé's mother and three friends, had been taken in by Blackwell's fake emails, flight confirmations, and bank transactions, which were used to scam them out of a total of £12,682.

Key Takeaways:

• Charlotte Blackwell has paid only £25 of the £13,750 she was ordered to pay her victims, who were scammed out of £12,682 for a fake wedding.
• The victims, including her then-fiancé's mother and three friends, had been taken in by Blackwell's fake emails, flight confirmations, and bank transactions.
• Blackwell's victims had to take on a second job and borrow money to help pay for the fake wedding, which was intended to clear her debts.
• Blackwell has a history of scams, including a previous attempt to swindle a children's cancer charity out of £4,000, for which she received a suspended 10-month sentence.
• Morgan's Army, the charity she conned, was established by the parents of a three-year-old who died of cancer, and was targeted just months after the child's passing.
• Blackwell's barrister cited her daughter's brain cancer diagnosis as a reason for her gambling habit, but the charity she targeted had already been informed that her daughter was in remission.

Statistics:

• £13,750: The total amount Blackwell was ordered to pay her victims after conning them out of £12,682 for a fake wedding.
• £25: The amount Blackwell has paid to each of her four victims so far.
• £12,682: The total amount Blackwell scammed from her victims.
• 4: The number of victims left out of pocket by Blackwell's scams.
• £1,700: The monthly earnings of Blackwell as an estate agent.
• £400: The monthly amount Blackwell claimed she would pay off her debts, but failed to adhere to.
• 10 and 3: The ages of Blackwell's children.
• £4,000: The amount Blackwell attempted to swindle from Morgan's Army, a children's cancer charity.
• 10 months: The length of Blackwell's suspended sentence for the charity scam.
• 180 hours: The amount of unpaid work Blackwell was ordered to complete as part of her sentence.
• 5 days: The length of Blackwell's rehabilitation activity.
• 4 months: The length of Blackwell's curfew.

Sources:

• Wales Online
• Cardiff Crown Court
• Ministry of Justice
• Morgan's Army
• Wales News Agency