The problem is that it's easy to defend fraud against large companies by saying they can afford it, after all, Virgin is a multi billion pound company, £175,000 is nothing to them.
However, they will attempt to recoup that cost, and one way they will do that is by making people redundant. So, all of a sudden, this "victimless" crime has very real victims. The staff who lose their jobs. Staff who are possibly in a position where they can't afford to lose their jobs.
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Originally Posted by devilincarnate
All i want to say on this subject that it seems to have become is that all murders ( manslaughter included ), ID theft Should all get life as they have stolen a life so theirs should be taken. All the other crimes should get about 14 years max as the first that i have mentioned have happened to me, my friends and family.
Rant over?
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These men have not been given 17 year sentences individually.
The men in question are serving a *total* of 17 years in jail.
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At a Proceeds of Crime hearing at Preston Crown Court this week, Dilawer Dudhwala, 29, of Assheton Road, Blackburn, was told to pay Virgin £65,000 in compensation by August 30 or he would face an additional 18 months in jail on top of his existing 18 month sentence.
Salim Zinga, 41, of Duchy Avenue, Preston, who was jailed for four years, has to pay back £105,000 to Virgin by next February or face an extra two years.
Hearings against the other two members, Rafiq Dudhwala, 27, of Assheton Road, and Imran Khansia, 30, of Livingstone Road, both Blackburn, have been adjourned until September.
They are currently each serving six-year prison terms.
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So, the longest sentences currently given to the men are 6 years each.