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?Best friend? who Stole £20,000 from Poker Pro Luke Brereton avoids Jail |
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A so-called ?best friend? who stole £20,000 from poker pro Luke Brereton has avoided jail after pleading guilty to fraud
A so-called ?best friend? who stole £20,000 from poker pro Luke Brereton has avoided jail after pleading guilty to fraud, Chester Crown Court hearing that Amer Siddique used the stolen money to bet on football and horse racing.
Former public schoolboy Siddique, 38, who has held several jobs in the gambling industry, stole the money in 2018 after Brereton ? a close friend of many years ? had handed his bank card over during his birthday celebration lunch, for Siddique to book a train ticket.
?Mr Brereton simply thought that his friend was helping him out by booking a train ticket for him,? Chris Hopkins, prosecuting, told the court. ?But while doing so, Mr Siddique obtained Mr Brereton's bank details which enabled him to open an account with William Hill.? Over the next three weeks, Siddique drained his friend?s bank account of £19,399, leaving him with just £300. He made more than 100 transactions in a matter of days, later confessing that ?gambling got out of hand.?
Brereton, who had returned to the US, only realised something was amiss at the end of the month, contacting the bank before Siddique sent him a WhatsApp message stating: ?Mate, I f***ed up. I will pay it back.? However, the Crown Court in Chester, England, heard that not a single penny has been repaid in the 4 years since the incident, the pandemic and other reasons delaying the cohort c...
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News source: PokerTube
Publication date: 08-11-2022 16:17
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