Jailed: Unemployed Nigerian fraudster who conned victims out of at least £40,000 to fund jet-set lifestyle

An unemployed man who conned victims out of tens of thousands of pounds to fund his luxury lifestyle has been jailed for four and a half years.

Jailed: Idris Ogunsanya was jailed for four and a half years at Snaresbrook Crown Court Met Police

Idris Ogunsanya, 29, of Blackwall Way, Canary Wharf, London was found guilty of ten counts of fraud or possession of articles used in fraud at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday.

Police found he swindled victims, including his neighbours, out of at least £40,000 to pay for business class flights and plush hotel stays in Dubai.

He was arrested after he used a stolen credit card to buy a £375 bottle of Dom Perignon champagne at the four-star Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel in Canary Wharf.

The purchase took place in November 2013. Police in Tower Hamlets attended his home to arrest him and became suspicious because of items in the flat.

He was further arrested as officers seized a large number of stolen and blank credit cards, £6,000 cash, a device for skimming card details from ATMs and a credit card reader.

Among the possessions seized was a 60-inch television, champagne and several pairs of expensive and unworn trainers.

An investigation found Ogunsanya defrauded his victims out of at least £40,000.
He was sentenced on the same day he was found guilty.