X Factor star Ella Henderson's fraudster dad ordered to pay £435k in compensation
dailystar.co.ukX Factor star Ella Henderson's dad has been ordered to pay £435,000 in compensation after he was previously locked up for fraud, it has been reported.
The Ghost singer's dad, Sean Henderson, was jailed for three-and-a-half years in 2018 for his involvement in a scheme which saw people convinced to give money with the promise of big gains.
He is now out of jail and, according to the Mirror, a hearing into the proceeds of crime - the term given to money or assets gained by criminals during the course of their criminal activity – has now taken place.
The 55-year-old, of Tetney, Lincolnshire, allegedly made around £565,700 in criminal benefit and investigators have identified assets worth £435,000.The total amount of cash he has been ordered to pay in three months will reportedly use up the £435,000 of his identified assets.When Sean was sentenced, Judge Paul Watson said he had "capitalised on naive victims". "You lulled your victims into a false sense of security by using the oldest trick in the book," he was quoted as saying at the time."You brought them in with a sweetener deal and unsurprisingly persuaded them to go into the same deal again where they offer significant capital for significant profit."Ella, 26, found fame on the X Factor in 2012, where she was a big favourite.She finished in sixth place in the competition but went on to have a number one with her single, Ghost.She released her first studio album in 2014 and her second, entitled Everything I Didn't Say, is due out this year.Speaking of her dad's arrest at the time, the singer said: "We’re a very strong family."It takes a lot for me to break down or cry.
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