By C1 Staff
LONDON — A British inmate created a fake government email account that he then used to persuade prison officials to set him free.
NBC News reports that Neil Moore, 28, was in a maximum-security prison awaiting trial on fraud charges when he set his plan into motion.
Using a contraband cell phone, Moore created a fake Web address closely resembling that of Britain’s Royal Courts of Justice. He then posed as a court clerk and sent an email to prison management that he’d been granted bail.
Perhaps as an inside joke, Moore registered his fake domain under the name Chris Soole – the name of the detective in charge of investigating his case.
The prison then released him on March 10 of last year, but it wasn’t long before he had a change of heart and turned himself in.
He pleaded guilty to eight counts of fraud and one count of escape from lawful custody. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on April 20.
This isn’t the first time Moore has played the impersonation game; he’s impersonated staff from major banks and persuaded other large financial institutions to transfer him cash totaling £1.82 million, or $2.66 million in U.S. dollars.