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Liam Dooney, age 53 from Wigan, received a custodial sentence after an NFCU joint investigation into food fraud. 

At Bolton Crown Court, Dooney was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment for handling stolen goods worth in excess of £500,000. He must serve at least half of his sentence in custody. He was also disqualified as a director for seven years.

Dooney previously operated a food cold-storage company in the Wigan area. He had earlier pleaded guilty in Bolton Crown Court to handling stolen goods, and had been granted bail.

The NFCU compiled evidence after it was alerted of a series of offences in which fraudsters impersonated legitimate food businesses in the UK to secure deliveries of food from overseas suppliers and one UK-based supplier. This involved cloned details from McDonald's franchises in order to steal cargo – in this case, chicken and turkey. 

16.8 metric tonnes of stolen poultry was recovered. This later had to be downgraded to pet food due to a loss in traceability.   

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