RPY_GREGORY_SWINDLE_02

Pictured is the Beechwood estate agents owned by Corrupt estate agent Helen Gregory has been jailed after she swindled #67,000 from tenants and newlyweds and pumped the ill-gotten gains into her failing business. See Ross Parry copy RPYSWINDLE : Helen Gregory, 55, was investigated by Trading Standards after complaints from tenants who had not received their deposit money back. Following the investigation, Gregory admitted three charges of engaging in unfair commercial practices in August last year. At the time the estate agent - who owned agencies which operated in the Peaks, Dales, and Chesterfield - reassured the court that she would repay the #67,000 to identified victims. But Gregory, of Chesterfield, Derbys., has now been jailed for ten months after not paying back a single penny - despite #45,000 being paid to her by another business in December 2014 and January this year. The court heard instead of giving the money to creditors, as promised, Gregory immediately transferred the funds into her partnerÕs account - who then bought the couple a #25,000 Jaguar car, the court heard. Pictured is the Beechwood estate agents owned by Corrupt estate agent Helen Gregory has been jailed after she swindled #67,000 from tenants and newlyweds and pumped the ill-gotten gains into her failing business. See Ross Parry copy RPYSWINDLE : Helen Gregory, 55, was investigated by Trading Standards after complaints from tenants who had not received their deposit money back. Following the investigation, Gregory admitted three charges of engaging in unfair commercial practices in August last year. At the time the estate agent - who owned agencies which operated in the Peaks, Dales, and Chesterfield - reassured the court that she would repay the #67,000 to identified victims. But Gregory, of Chesterfield, Derbys., has now been jailed for ten months after not paying back a single penny - despite #45,000 being paid to her by another business in December 2014 and January this year. The court heard instead of giving the money to creditors, as promised, Gregory immediately transferred the funds into her partner’s account - who then bought the couple a #25,000 Jaguar car, the court heard.