A conman funded a "lavish lifestyle" that included trips to Las Vegas, by scamming rail delay compensation schemes out of £40,000. Thomas Ingram was jailed for two years after pleading guilty at Preston Crown Court to nine counts of fraud. Ingram, from Blackpool, Lancashire, targeted nine train companies, between 2013 to 2018. The 34-year-old submitted claims for fake trips in a "sophisticated" scam, British Transport Police (BTP) said. He produced and printed hundreds of fak