Serious Fraud Office for encouraging thousands to invest a whopping £400million in non-existent Caribbean properties.The head of the Harlequin Group for seven years, David Ames, 70, has been found guilty of two counts of fraud by abuse of position.Ames, who filed no evidence for the case, was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court.Investors were encouraged to put in 30 per cent investment into unbuilt hotels and rooms.
In total 8,000 investors were convinced to pay into the scheme.READ MORE: Sinkhole bigger than tennis court mysteriously appears in desert – and is 200m deepHalf of the money they invested went to the company and salesmen as fees.
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