Con Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud in Grenfell Tower Fire
He said that his wife and son had perished in the blaze and
that he had lost all of his "worldly possessions." After registering at a relief center for disaster victims in June, Mr. Nguyen was given free accommodation worth more than $3,000 at a nearby Holiday Inn as well as food, electrical goods and money from various charity funds.
2, 2017
LONDON — A 52-year-old con man with 28 convictions pleaded guilty to fraud on Thursday for having tried to collect 12,500 pounds, or about $16,000, in financial assistance by falsely claiming
that his family had died in the Grenfell Tower fire in London.
Anh Nhu Nguyen, a Vietnamese man who lives in southeastern London, posed as a survivor
for at least two weeks after the fire on June 14 that killed at least 80 people.
Bartle said that This is a case of fraud, but one which has a contemptible element to it, succeeding in receiving money out of the misery
and tragedy of people who, unlike this defendant, genuinely suffered because of this terrible fire,
After the fire, he gave extensive interviews to several news media outlets claiming
that he had become separated from his wife and 12-year-old son as they tried to escape from the tower’s 15th floor through a smoke-filled stairwell.
The police have investigated at least eight cases of fraud relating to people who have claimed money from various Grenfell fire relief funds.