A woman who conned her family in a £35,000 bogus Hollywood actress fraud has been told to pay back the cash. Ann Dunlop, 68, claimed a woman she knew was being lined up for million pound contracts.
Dunlop convinced brother David Bunton, 51, to hand the woman cash to help her make the breakthrough. She stated that the woman was mingling with A-listers such as Leonardo Di Caprio and Beyonce as well as being managed by US entertainment executive Irving Azoff.
Dunlop, of Beauly in the Highlands, also induced her sister Jean and her husband Steve with the string of lies. Steve believed the Dunlop and the woman had "champagne on tap" at the plush London home they shared.He stated that he believed Dunlop and her family were "like the Waltons" but ended up "like the Dingles." Steve stated the woman's acting career was a "best kept secret" and compared it to the nuclear codes at Faslane.
Dunlop later requested Steve and Jean to pay her and the woman's gas and council tax bills as she did not have enough money.First offender Dunlop was found guilty last month to defrauding her family a total of £35,368 at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
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