Lady behind unlawful subletting and Warwickshire house-sitting rip-off lived ‘lavish life-style’

A lady who made tens of 1000’s of kilos via unlawful subletting and stealing valuables whereas house-sitting has been jailed. Ariana Rose used a string of fraudulent schemes to fund a ‘lavish life-style.’

Rose, 40, waged a ‘marketing campaign of dishonest behaviour’ over practically a decade and used proceeds of fraud and theft to fund costly meals and designer clothes. She used the proceeds of her crimes to dwell a ‘life-style in any other case past her means.’

Between 2016 and 2018, Rose illegally sublet a two-bedroom flat in Manchester to 3 tenants who believed landlord David Lederer had authorised the lettings. Using a bogus electronic mail deal with, the 40-year-old stated it belonged to Mr Lederer and used it to discourage them from asking for his or her a reimbursement, Southwark Crown Court heard.

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One of these tenants, Aoibheann Alliot, paid Rose a complete of £4,340 between October 2016 and March 2017. Court paperwork confirmed that Ms Alliot described Rose as ‘controlling and irrational.’

Rose acquired a complete of £30,337 in obvious rental funds whereas dwelling on the flat, Southwark Crown Court was advised. Mr Lederer started proceedings to get better the property in August 2017.

She stopped paying hire and ultimately moved out in June 2018. Court paperwork stated the 40-year-old left the flat with clothes strewn round, provider luggage from costly boutiques and letters suggesting mounting money owed.

Rose had additionally occupied a flat in Ladbroke Grove for 15 months between 2023 and 2025, build up £43,400 in rental arrears. She vacated the flat in December 2025, leaving it in a ‘filthy’ state, Southwark Crown Court was advised.

Bank statements confirmed Rose acquired £7,400 between January and June 2024, suggesting additional subletting. She additionally focused properties by way of TrustedHousesitters, stealing £35,000 value of valuables from properties in Shipston-on-Stour and Southam, Warwickshire, in May and July 2025.

Stolen objects included a £15,000 bracelet, a Mont Blanc pen and Christmas ornaments collected for 27 years as a part of a household custom, Southwark Crown Court heard. Rose additionally swiped Dom Pérignon champagne and a £500 ski jacket.

Judge Nicholas Rimmer advised Rose: “Yours was a campaign of dishonest behaviour spanning nearly a decade, with offences in 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024, and 2025. I am left in no doubt that you caused your victims very real, serious upset and distress.”

Rose was arrested in November 2025 whereas driving a rented BMW containing designer sun shades, a number of objects of jewelry, a Rolex and a parcel of pretend US {dollars}. She was jailed in 2008 for fraud after finishing up unauthorised transactions totalling £60,000 whereas working at Barclays.

In 2011, then often called Sana Ali, she acquired a 20-month jail sentence for defrauding potential tenants via on-line rental listings. She staged viewings, drew up pretend contracts and took deposits and rental funds from three victims totalling £4,180.

On Thursday, July 2, Rose, of Finborough Road, London, was sentenced to 5 years in jail for a number of offences, together with theft, fraud, utilizing a false tenancy settlement and perverting the course of justice. Judge Rimmer additionally ordered her to pay greater than £65,000 in compensation to her victims.

DC Stather, from Warwickshire Police, stated: “Rose lived a lavish lifestyle, funded by the things she stole from her victims who trusted her to look after their homes. We hope that the victims find some comfort now that she has been caught and held accountable for her actions.”

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