By Joe Middleton For Mailonline
Published: 10:18 GMT, 14 January 2019 | Updated: 10:43 GMT, 14 January 2019
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Amir Tofangsazan, 32, pictured outside Lewes Crown Court, on Friday January 11. Tofangsazan was jailed for seven years and nine months in 2015 after being convicted of 15 counts of fraud
An online dating fraudster jailed for conning women out of thousands of pounds used a contraband smartphone to snare three more victims from his prison cell.
Amir Tofangsazan, 32, was jailed for seven years and nine months in 2015 after being convicted of 15 counts of fraud.
But he got hold of a phone while on day release at HMP Ford, in West Sussex, and used dating apps to con three more 'vulnerable and lonely' victims into handing him money.
One victim lost up to £4,000 after he contacted her on Tinder claiming to be a respected international trauma surgeon.
He told her told her he had worked in hospitals across the world and had a portfolio of properties and a fleet of expensive cars.
But Tofangsazan told her he was having cash flow problems and needed money to renew his medical registration.
The victim agreed to hand over money and then made repeated payments to him which he then gambled away on an online betting account.
Tofangsazan was lambasted by a judge who branded him a 'committed fraudster' preying on women looking for romance.
Sentencing him to a three years in prison Judge Christine Laing QC said: 'It is clear you are a committed fraudster preying on
