Project manager caught running false invoice scam

Nicholas Sofa’s Frontier Technical Providers Ltd was appointed in July 2016 to supervise conversion work at Epicurus Home in Sevenoaks – an workplace constructing being become six residential flats.

Sofa produced a pretend financial institution assertion to point out his firm had paid British Gasoline greater than £20,000 for fuel set up work when questioned by the property house owners in regards to the cost.

Investigations revealed that no cost had ever been made and the work had not been carried out.

Sofa, of St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, was sentenced to fifteen months in jail, suspended for 20 months, at Lewes Crown Court docket final week after pleading responsible to fees of fraud and falsifying accounting information earlier this yr.

The 51-year-old was disqualified as an organization director for 4 years and ordered to finish 100 hours of unpaid work.

Sofa may also should pay compensation of £5,000 and prices of £2,500.

Chris Wooden, Chief Investigator on the Insolvency Service, stated: “Nicholas Sofa was appointed to take over as mission supervisor for this growth and was able of belief which he intentionally abused for private achieve.

“His offending was each refined and calculated – he created completely false paperwork to cowl up the truth that no work had been performed and no cost had been made to British Gasoline, defrauding the property house owners of greater than £20,000.

“Administrators like this not solely hurt their instant victims however undermine confidence within the building business as an entire, making it tougher for reliable companies to function and damaging belief with clients and traders.”

Frontier Technical Providers Ltd entered liquidation in April 2019.