Don't know how this guy thought he would get away with it but he did for a while...
A Kellyville-based wedding photographer allegedly fleeced more than $170,000 from camera hire companies who loaned him professional equipment that he later pawned. Mark Jones, 47, who ran a wedding photography business called Jonah Photography, was arrested on Saturday Police allege he carried out the frauds between July 2013 and May 2015, hiring out expensive equipment from a string of different businesses, including Canon Australia. After hiring the cameras, he allegedly pawned them at stores across Sydney. The father-of-two was arrested at a Pawnshop in Blacktown on Saturday and charged with nine counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception. The matter will return to Central Local Court on December 9.
From the Daily Telegraph Local news section
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/the-hills/crime-roundup-including-woman-charged-with-kellyville-break-and-enter/story-fngr8i1f-1227637581388
A Kellyville-based wedding photographer allegedly fleeced more than $170,000 from camera hire companies who loaned him professional equipment that he later pawned. Mark Jones, 47, who ran a wedding photography business called Jonah Photography, was arrested on Saturday Police allege he carried out the frauds between July 2013 and May 2015, hiring out expensive equipment from a string of different businesses, including Canon Australia. After hiring the cameras, he allegedly pawned them at stores across Sydney. The father-of-two was arrested at a Pawnshop in Blacktown on Saturday and charged with nine counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception. The matter will return to Central Local Court on December 9.
From the Daily Telegraph Local news section
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/the-hills/crime-roundup-including-woman-charged-with-kellyville-break-and-enter/story-fngr8i1f-1227637581388