crimes. Edwin McLaren, 56, conned dozens of people in financial difficulty between 2008 and 2012. His wife, Lorraine, 65, was also convicted of two charges including one of mortgage fraud.
McLaren enlisted people to act as purchasers; arranged the mortgages and convinced his victims to sign documents transferring their homes over to these associates.
But, the proceeds from the sales were paid or transferred into McLaren’s bank accounts and used to fund further frauds and McLaren’s lavish lifestyle.
This included leasing a Bentley Continental and paying the mortgage on the £750,000 family home in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, which is for sale for £520,000.It’s not known if the house was repossessed.Yesterday the couple were made subject to.
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