Nine people charged with 拢1.3m fraud offences

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Nine people have been charged by police in Kent investigating two alleged sales scams involving 拢1.3m.

Almost 200 victims reported paying cash to online car traders between August 2013 and August 2017, with no vehicles provided in return.

A London joinery company was also allegedly defrauded, losing about 拢279,000.

Nine people appeared before magistrates in Medway charged with fraud and money laundering offences.

They are due before Maidstone Crown Court later next month.