Michael Daniels, the head of sales at the BMW Berry showroom in Chiswick, west London, kept a spare set of car keys after selling the vehicles to unwitting customers.
The 40-year-old then used the company database to find the addresses of his soon-to-be victims, and would then hand the spare keys over to accomplices Alex Tingle and Vincent Murphy.
Tingle and Murphy then traveled to the homes of new car owners and stole back the cars over a six-week period from December 2015 to February 2016.
The number plates on the stolen vehicles were changed and given to a man known as 'Ali' in a north west London car park, never to be seen again.
The court heard how one victim, Robert Mitchell, missed the birth of his daughter as he was was unable to make it to hospital after their car was stolen on Christmas eve, while another victim Nouman Hashmi said the theft left him and his wife unable to sleep.
Police unraveled the criminal plot after identifying Tingle from CCTV footage of a BMW being stolen from a warehouse.
Prosecutor Ben Holt told Isleworth Crown Court that Tingle, 28, confessed to the scam after being caught by police, which lead to the arrest of the mastermind of Daniels. 'He was providing a kit to Alex Tingle, which involved the keys and details of the victims, including the customers home address.
'Tingle and Murphy drove to the address with the keys and then drove away.
'Nine vehicles were stolen in total, to a value of £210,000.'
Judge Simon Davis said Daniels' plot was a 'horrendous breach of trust', adding: 'This was a conspiracy to steal high value motor cars from the BMW dealership in Chiswick.'
Tingle admitted to admitted conspiracy to steal motor vehicles and was jailed for two years. He also received two months concurrent for possession of Class A drugs.
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