Covid fraudster gets five years

A fraudster who sent out bogus texts offering Covid-19 grants during the pandemic has been jailed for nearly five years. Thomas Proudfoot, 21, also made software for fraudsters and continued to sell his software toolkits. Police officers from the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU), searched Proudfoot’s Surrey home during the third national lockdown last February 4. Analysis of his digital devices uncovered copies of fake web pages offering Covid-19 grants with a link to a bogus website. The…