article_snippet: A husband and wife undertakers scammed elderly victims out of almost £23,000 after convincing A husband and wife undertakers to sign up for pre-paid funeral schemes.
article_snippet: nine victims made customers believe nine victims had paid for a complete service which would take care of nine victims funerals - but the cash was then used to save the couple's failing business.
article_snippet: The pair sold pre-paid plans on the basis that the customer's payment believed to be placed securely into one of two trust funds.
article_snippet: But Southampton Crown Court heard that between October 2009 and March 2012, money was siphoned off to save the couple.
article_snippet: Trevett (right) provided literature to some of the customers and helped Trevett (right) to retain some of the money, by receiving Trevett (right) into some of the customers bank account and concealing the fact that Trevett (right) was never paid into the trust fund.
article_snippet: But it was Trevett (right) who would befriend customers and spend hours helping customers to plan funeral details.
article_snippet: Investigations revealed that when customers were handing over money to pay into secure funeral trusts, it was instead being pocketed by the business.
article_snippet: One of the pair's victims, Kathleen Crook, 74, from Netley Abbey, Hampshire, paid the pair £2,485 to make sure
article_snippet: her then-husband had the funeral her then-husband deserves, should the worst happen.