A “heartless” Jersey influencer who was jailed last year for defrauding a vulnerable man out of almost £10,000 has reappeared on social media following her release from prison.
Hannah Louise Hill (27) scammed the man over a six-month period in what was described as a “mean, manipulative, heartless and greedy” crime.
She asked her victim, who has autism, to be her “sugar daddy” and told him “wicked lies” – including claiming that her mother had died.
Hill was jailed for 10 months in June last year after scamming the man out of almost £10,000.
Now, Hill appears to have reactivated her social media account under a different name.
Videos of her have been posted on TikTok under the handle @hfindss.
The account has over 18,000 followers and over almost half-a-million likes.
Until last week, the most recent video on the account was dated 15 June 2024 – one week before Hill was sentenced.
During her sentencing, the Royal Court heard how Hill’s vulnerable victim used up all his savings and fell behind with his rent for two weeks to give her money.
Crown Advocate Lauren Taylor, prosecuting, said that Hill first made contact with the 36-year-old man via Instagram and asked him: “Want to be my sugar daddy?”
She offered to send him pictures and videos of herself in return for money.
“He sent her £200 but the defendant said she had never received it and he sent another £200,” Advocate Taylor said.
“But the money had been received into her bank account.”
She added: “The defendant told the victim that her mother was receiving medical treatment in the UK and she needed money to travel to visit her.”
Later Hill claimed that her mother had died of cancer and said she needed more money to attend her funeral in Scotland and pay for lawyers dealing with the sale of her mother’s house.
She said she would repay him once the house was sold, telling him: “Promise 100% you’ll get the money back.”
But Advocate Taylor told the court: “Her mother was never unwell, was not receiving treatment in the UK, and is not dead.”
Between March and September last year the victim handed over a total of £9,353.
Advocate Taylor said the victim’s sister became suspicious, discovered on Facebook that Hill’s mother was alive, and contacted the police.
Hill’s dishonesty represented a “betrayal of trust and emotional manipulation”, according to the prosecutor.
Advocate Taylor added: “She built up trust and almost immediately started to take advantage of him.”
Advocate Mike Preston, defending, argued for a community service order instead.
He pointed out that Hill’s parents had lent her the money to pay the victim back in full, and if she remained out of prison she could earn the money to repay their loan.
Advocate Preston said: “She is deeply ashamed and genuinely sorry for her actions.
“She cannot really understand why she behaved in this way.”
Delivering Hill’s sentence, Deputy Bailiff Robert MacRae said: “The victim was credulous and vulnerable.
“The Crown said this was a despicable crime. We agree.
“It was mean, manipulative, heartless and greedy.
“Only a custodial sentence can be justified.”