Disgraced martial arts expert has to pay back £160,000 after his scam was exposed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA martial arts expert who is serving a prison sentence for major fraud has been ordered to pay £160,749 in three months. Bernard Giam, 52, was jailed for 40 months after a jury convicted him of three offences of fraud last September.
His accomplice, Adrian Platt, was sentenced to four years behind bars after being found guilty of the same offences, the Liverpool ECHO reports. READ MORE: How Manchester city centre's steepest street has become 'Mecca for fitness fanatics' and a trucker's nightmare Judge Stuart Driver, QC was told they both benefited from their dishonest behaviour - which involved Platt siphoning £323,420 from his employer’s funds into business accounts held by Giam.
Giam, of Navigation Wharf, Liverpool, was ruled to have assets totalling £160,749 and the judge ordered that sum be paid in compensation to the victim, Befesa Salt Slags Ltd (BSS), based in Whitchurch.
Platt, 55, of Crossthwaite Gardens, Keswick, was found to have assets of £1,290,645 - including bank accounts and rented properties - and he was ordered to pay £323,420 compensation.
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