A convicted Nottingham fraudster who tricked a friend out of £500,000 furiously turned Nottinghamshire Live away from his house after being confronted on his doorstep. Former pharmacist Peter Saad was sentenced to 21 months behind bars in March last year after a series of scams, including pretending that he had cancer.
Mr Saad, who has been released from prison, has now been struck off the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPC) register following a tribunal. Nottinghamshire Live visited the street in which Mr Saad lives - Wroxham Drive in Wollaton.
Speaking via his Ring doorbell, he claimed that he had "not been struck off" but refused to elaborate when asked if he would appeal. Mr Saad also refused to say whether he was in his house or not.
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When asked whether he wished to put across his side of the story, he said: "You've come here to speak to neighbours and now you've found the main man, you don't know the circumstances," before saying he did not wish to talk further. He demanded that Nottinghamshire Live left his property.
Mr Saad scammed his friend out of £534,005 from 2018 to 2019, tricking him into sending him around £288,200 by claiming he purchased a pharmacy in the USA but it was 'seized by the US Government due to issues with his visa' and that he needed money to deal with mortgage issues. Later, he feigned the cancer diagnosis, conning his friend into sending him a total of £127,150. He then took a further £121,339 in a business deal. Police were called in and the investigation began, with Saad fully admitting his guilt.
Striking Saad off the register, the GPC panel said: "His behaviour in obtaining the advances under all three allegations was of the worst possible kind. The conduct was a planned in advance, with some complexity, and was designed to completely deceive Person A and Company A.
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"He had used his position as a qualified pharmacist to raise funds from Person A and Company A... The Committee considered that the funds were likely paid to him on the strength of his status as a pharmacist."
