Mark Harrison and Paul Cardwell fraudulently sold advertising space to the tune of Au500,000 between them. Christian louboutin
Harrison, of Westwell Grove, Blackpool, dishonestly extracted cash from his victims in exchange for adverts on plasma screens in restaurants through his business Plas Tech Vision Ltd.
The 49-year-old then joined forces with one of his salesmen, Cardwell, to set up another business called Max Vision UK Limited which falsely sold advertising in semi-professional football club fixture planners.
After parting with thousands of pounds, the majority of clients discovered the advert they had paid for did not exist because venues did not have a plasma screen installed or had closed down.
A judge at Preston Crown Court said the men, Christian louboutin who ran the two firms from Lytham Road and Whitegate Drive in Blackpool, "prayed on the vulnerability of businesses".
Harrison and Cardwell, 45, of Linnet Close, Blackpool, both pleaded guilty to fraudulent trading.
The court was told Harrison was fraudulently trading through Plas Tech from October 2005 until May 2006.
Plas Tech received Au450,000 from clients, but only 10 plasma screens were installed.
Harrison and Cardwell then conned businesses out of Au100,000 from April 2006 until February 2007 through Max Vision.
This time they promised businesses advertising in football planners for clubs including Bolton and Halifax.
The Blackpool conmen targeted businesses across the UK including some in Newbury, Northampton, Chester and Newcastle.
Taxi firms, florists, gardeners and landscapers were among the victims.
When Harrison began operating Plas Tech Ltd in October 2004 he did "not intend Rolex watches to be dishonest".
Cardwell's defence said more of Max Vision's contracts were fulfilled than Plas Tech's.
But Judge Philip Butler told the defendants: "The offences to which you have pleaded guilty are serious offences.
"We live in a commercial nation and on a daily basis the public are entitled that businesses act in an honest and straight-forward fashion.
"At the outset you were not acting dishonestly but you became dishonest and fraudulent."
Harrison was handed Rolex watches a two and a half year prison sentence and is disqualified from being a company director until November 2020.
Cardwell was sent to jail for 16 months and cannot be a company Rolex watches director for eight years.
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