Bent landlord gets five years for £700k fraud

A crooked property boss who stole £700,000 from his clients to keep his company afloat and pay off his vast credit card bills has been jailed for five years. Jeffrey Gadsden, 69, collected rent and service charges for landlords of more than 150 properties across the east of England while running Walker Professional Property Services. Gadsden started dipping into his client account when the firm, based in Brentwood, Essex, ran into difficulties. He stole amounts ranging from £8,000 to £150,000…