A Bradford man who was convicted in 2015 of fraud has been ordered to pay back over £569,000.
Ralph Christie, 56, previously of Bradford and latterly of Crete was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in March 2015 for the five counts of fraud.
He has now been ordered to pay back a total of £569,990.64 money to the complainants of the frauds for which he was convicted.
Ms Senior – Head of the Economic Crime Unit at West Yorkshire Police, said:
“This was a complex confiscation hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act but the Financial Investigator worked tirelessly to recover money from Christie.
“At the centre of this were the victims who lost a lot of money because of the fraud.
“The impact on them in many cases was considerable and at least today we have secured money back from Christie.”
Christie now 3 months to pay the money back or face an additional 4 years imprisonment in default of non-payment.
Ms Senior added: “The order made will be robustly enforced and if Christie fails to pay this order he will face a further 4 years in prison and the debt he owes to society will remain with him for life until paid in full.”

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