A man appeared in Glasgow Sheriff Court today accused of a £1.8 million fraud.
William Campbell denies all the allegations in the 33-charge indictment which spans between November 2015 and April 2017.
The 41-year-old is claimed to have stolen a string of sports cars, fuel, plant equipment and materials mainly in Glasgow and Lanarkshire.
Court papers state Campbell pretended to be other named people to companies to obtain some of the goods.
One charge says that Campbell, of Glasgow's Knightswood, claimed he was a company director to get £200,000 of vehicles.
He is further stated to have received a credit facility based on false information to obtain Volkswagen Golf cars worth £50,000.
Campbell is claimed to have received £3,445 of flooring and underlay by pretending to be David Sweeney.
Another allegation claims Campbell submitted false documents and details to a hire company to receive £241,000 of plant hire equipment.
Campbell is also claimed to have received £104,000 of fuel cards by providing false information to Shell UK.
A further charge says Campbell pretended to be a Ross Ferguson and a company director to receive four Audi motor vehicles from a firm based in Stevenage.
Campbell is then alleged to have taken possession of 10 motor vehicles worth £120,000 for a purported cleaning company.
He is also claimed to have received two Mercedes Benz Sprinter vans valued at £55,000 for the cleaning company.
The 32 charges of fraud amount to £1.832,062 and a further charge claims he did not provide his iPhone PIN to police in April 2017.
A hearing today was told that there are 200 witnesses cited and 1,000 productions for a trial which could last six weeks.
Some of the witnesses are stated to be elderly.
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Deirdre Flanagan, defending, told the court that her client has lodged a special defence of incrimination for 18 charges.
Sheriff Owen Mullan set a further hearing for November.
He said: "I do not have the confidence to fix a six-week trial based on the information that I have.
"The joint minute of agreed evidence is excellent work but it has to go a step further for how it affects witnesses as Police Scotland have to go out with citations."
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