A 75-YEAR-OLD from Dunfermline who was ordered to pay more than £50,000 in compensation to victims of fraud has been given a confiscation order for more than £12,000.

The order against Robert Adams comes after a financial investigation which uncovered earnings that he couldn’t account for.

The order, for a total of £12,236, follows a conviction for fraud in July 2015.

Between April 2012 to October 2013, Adams duped two men then aged 89 and 67, convincing them to transfer him sums totalling £53,120.88 on the false pretence that they would receive larger sums back.

On 11 November 2015, he was sentenced to 1 year, 9 months imprisonment and ordered to pay compensation in full to his victims.

The powers of the Proceeds of Crime Act allowed the Crown to further investigate Adam’s finances, and Crown Office scrutiny of his accounts in the years prior to his arrest uncovered a further £12,236 of earnings which could not be legitimately accounted for.

The Crown Office have today (Friday) secured the confiscation of this sum on top of the previous compensation order.

Lindsey Miller, procurator fiscal for Specialist Casework, said: “Anyone who seeks to profit from crime in Scotland can expect to face the full scrutiny of our team of accountants and prosecutors.

“Funds they have forgotten they earned or thought were legitimised by the passage of time will be uncovered and confiscated.”