A businessman carried out an enormous £736,000 Boots present card rip-off in simply two months.
Robert Bell was concerned within the con after benefiting from a secret loophole.
The 37-year-old criminal was capable of get the playing cards free of charge by filling out an order type and requested them to be loaded with credit score with out the intention of paying the money again.
Jurors heard how a postman recalled a string of "particular deliveries" to Bell's obvious money and carry agency run from a big hut at a enterprise park in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.
Brazen Bell was lastly snared when he tried to get his arms on one other £150,000 of present playing cards.
He's now behind bars after being convicted of being concerned in a fraudulent scheme towards Boots between September and November 2017.
Glasgow Sheriff Courtroom heard the criminal was behind a wholesalers known as Bells of Bishopbriggs.
In her closing speech, prosecutor Hannah Terrance advised jurors: "Bell had no intention for paying for any of this credit score.
"He exploited a loophole and made false pretences as a part of the fraudulent rip-off."
The present card quantities Bell, now of town's Tollcross, illegally acquired his arms on diverse together with for £7,500.
Bell spent over half 1,000,000 kilos of the present playing cards throughout 30,000 transactions.
Miss Terrance advised the courtroom: "His postman described his enterprise premises as a hut.
"All he may inform was that Bell was there receiving common particular deliveries."
The trial heard Bell was finally "stopped in his tracks" on November 27, 2017 following a bid to get one other £150,000 of present playing cards.
The massive sum has by no means been paid again to Boots. It isn't recognized both what the cash went on.
Bell as a substitute advised police he had utilized for the playing cards so as to give them as a present to workers and as a "buyer incentive".
He claimed to have 40 staff - however the postman who made the deliveries stated he solely witnessed one individual working there.
Boots initially contacted Bells when the fraud was uncovered, however he by no means replied.
The corporate was capable of cancel the remainder of the playing cards attributable to their distinctive serial numbers.
David Adams, defending, advised jurors that Bell was unaware in regards to the system error at Boots.
He added: "This was not a criminal offense.
"Boots allowed him to do that attributable to an error on their half.
"His enterprise had cashflow issues, his clients weren't paying him and he couldn't pay the suppliers - certainly one of which was Boots."
Sheriff Paul Reid remanded Bell in custody as sentencing was deferred for studies.
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