"It's a catastrophe to see a man of your age in the dock yet as a general rule you just have yourself to accuse," judge Simon Medlands told 79-year-old Carl Jones at Liverpool Crown Court in northwest Britain.
"You are a colored in-the-fleece fraudster and as covetous as you are untrustworthy."
Jones, officially indicted in 1952 for medication trafficking, conceded to duping the welfare arrangement of more than £200,000 ($310,000, 285,000 euros) in the course of the most recent 13 years in the wake of mimicking three distinct individuals.
The police discovered three international IDs at his home that conveyed his photo yet bore diverse names.
They incorporated that of comparably named Charles Jones, Brian Abram - an old schoolfriend - and his sibling Roy, who passed on right around 50 years prior.
The international ID application for the last expressed that he had lived in Spain for a long time, clarifying why there was no hint of him in England.
Utilizing the archives, Jones guaranteed lodging stipends, different expense credits and benefits from 2002.
The Division for Work and Benefits and Liverpool City Chamber found the trick amid a normal examination.
The litigant's legal advisor argued that his customer had communicated "real regret" and that the stole cash had not financed "a rich way of life", rather being utilized to accommodate his kids.
In any case, the judge found that Jones had stolen cash from "individuals who required it".
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