Four members of an organised crime gang, based in Cambridge, London and Essex, have been convicted of modern slavery and fraud offences after safeguarding concerns raised by retail staff and local authority children’s services staff led to more than 30 victims of exploitation aged between 14 and 17 being identified.
The gang recruited, trained and trafficked teenage girls, many of whom had mental health problems, across the country to commit refund fraud in high street stores using fake receipts.
The girls would be instructed to place fake barcodes on items to pay a much cheaper price, before later asking for a refund at the full price.
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