British Fraudster Waiting For Jonathan To Help Pay His Victims Jailed

A fraudster based in Birmingham, England, who claimed that he would be able to pay back victims of a £160,000 building scam with the help of President Jonathan has been sent to prison.

Mark Ware’s sentencing was delayed after he claimed Goodluck Jonathan was set to hand a renewable technology firm which now employed him a $200 million contract, netting him a £2 million bonus.

The Judge’s patient however ran out on Monday when she jailed the Sutton Coldfield conman for two years after hearing his “ship had not come in” and no cash had materialised.

Ware, 50, of Newick Avenue, had previously admitted three charges of VAT fraud and two of fraudulent trading. As well as being jailed he was also banned from being a company director for five years.

The judge told Ware: “You have strung us along for many months in the hope and expectation of (receiving) funds so that people could be paid back. It turned out to be a hollow promise.
“You are a charming man and you did not start out in this project fraudulently. But I am sorry to say you were utterly reckless in what you did. You had no care for the outcome. You did not supervise the work properly and your charming demeanour masked the behaviour.
“You have made people’s lives miserable and put them under severe financial pressure.”
Birmingham Crown Court heard previously that Ware had left his clients high and dry when he continued trading after his construction empire hit the skids.

His customers paid Ware for work that was never finished – forcing them to hire new tradesmen and leaving some ill with stress.

Ware had launched four firms and took on building contracts in 2006 but could no longer pay his debts by January 2010. He also failed to pay suppliers and contractors.

Martin Butterworth, defending, said Ware’s crisis had been triggered when a restaurateur failed to pay him and he had lost his house as a consequence of his financial difficulties.