Simon Pilman: Kingsford real estate agent stole bank cards for shopping sprees
A former real estate agent stole bank cards to fund his shopping sprees around Sydney. The 28-year-old used the cards to splash out of perfume, shoes, cigarettes and even a $75 bumper meal at McDonald’s.
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A former real estate agent turned serial fraudster has landed himself back in court for using stolen credit cards to go on shopping sprees.
Simon Pilman, 28, from Kingsford, formerly worked as a real estate agent in Sydney and is currently facing a long list of fraud offences.
He was back in court on Wednesday facing 14 charges of dishonestly obtain property by deception, relating to stolen credit cards being used to buy goods in August 2019 and January and February of this year.
He has pleaded guilty to the charges and his matter was adjourned until next month for sentencing.
The agreed facts stated Pilman used a stolen bank card to buy multiple items on August 11, 2019. That included a $20 taxi ride, $97 worth of cigarettes, and $75 worth of food at McDonald’s Kingsford.
Police also suspected he was behind a further $2000 worth of online purchases on the same card but only charged him over the smaller amounts.
The agreed facts stated the owner of the card had failed to receive the new bank card in the letter box.
Police tracked down Pilman and arrested him using CCTV footage.
Six months later, police caught Pilman using two further stolen credit cards. Both victims were again waiting to receive their bank cards in the mail at the time, the agreed facts stated.
Pilman used the cards on January 31 and February 1 of this year to buy a long list of items. That included hundreds of dollars worth of cigarettes, groceries, bakery food, perfume, shoes and gift cards at shops in Lindfield and Bondi Junction.
The total amount of the goods was worth over $700. Police again tracked him down and charged him using CCTV footage.
Pilman, who remains on bail, will be sentenced on June 26. He will also be sentenced on that day for a charge of drive vehicle with illicit drug present (meth) relating to an incident in Bondi Junction in April last year.
Pilman also has a further offence of dishonestly obtain property by deception on his record from 2018.