Victim placed at centre of new fraud sentencing laws
Fraudsters who target vulnerable victims, such as the elderly, in England and Wales face harsher sentences, under new guidelines.
The guidelines focus on the harm caused to victims of fraud, money laundering and bribery, as well as the monetary amounts involved.
The old rules viewed the pain caused to victims only as an “aggravating factor”, the Sentencing Council said.
Justice minister Jeremy Wright has welcomed the change.