Fraudster tried to pay journos’ cash into his account

  A career criminal who tried to steal newspaper reporters’ money by attempting to redirect their salaries into his bank account has been jailed for two years. Jonathan Richman, 52, contacted The Independent and Trinity Mirror claiming to be two journalists and asked for their salaries to be paid into a new account. He was successful on one occasion, pocketing more than £3,000 and had almost taken a further £10,000 purporting to be the digital editor of The Independent. Isleworth…