A woman who duped elderly victims out of thousands of pounds has been branded a "dishonest manipulator" by a judge.
Rajbir Sangha, 59, of Barnes Close, Rushey Mead, Leicester, has been jailed for two years and six months for a string of offences against pensioners.
She pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud involving £4,041 and one offence of converting £10,000 of criminal property, between May and October 2011.
Leicester Crown Court was told three of the frauds involved her working as a self-employed saleswoman of disability products.
She grossly overcharged pensioners, aged between 79 and 85, for full body massage mats which normally retailed at £59.99.
Sangha charged the victims £380 each, which Judge Philip Head said was "a grotesque, dishonest mark-up".
She befriended a disabled couple, aged 80 and 81, and falsely claimed she was a carer for a company, Premier Gold Care. Due to that misrepresentation they took her on as their carer.
She charged them £1,944 for two months work, before a concerned neighbour blew the whistle.
James Thomas, prosecuting, said: "She was not employed by that company. She had applied for a job with it and was going through a vetting procedure."
He said it was unlikely she would have secured a job with it because she had a previous conviction for mis-selling and over-charging two other pensioners for body massage mats.
She had received a four-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, in August 2012.
Sangha, also acting as an agent for a company, wrongly assessed an elderly couple as not being vulnerable before pocketing £1,137 commission on the sale of a £6,500 bed.
Mr Thomas said she also laundered about £10,000 – where a number of cash deposits from unknown sources had gone through her bank account.
Sentencing, Judge Head said: "This was calculated dishonesty.
"You're an entrenched and dishonest manipulator.
"It was deliberate targeting of a large number of vulnerable victims.
"In August 2012, you were before magistrates for two identical matters committed in May 2011 and continued your criminal offending even after that."
Justice Robinson, mitigating, said: "Before these matters she had led a blameless existence bringing up her family.
"The offences were committed primarily for financial gain. She didn't want to tell her family she had no money and the reason for that is because of her difficulty with alcohol.
"Her family are now helping her to put her life back together.
"She accepts she was dishonest and made some bad judgement calls, which she regrets."
