Conman 70 Faces Jail For Tricking 8 000 Victims Into Investing In Luxury Caribbean Holiday Resorts
Former double-glazing salesman David Ames, 70, enriched himself and his family by £6.2million, paying his wife and son £10,000 a month, while thousands of victims lost their pensions and savings. The Serious Fraud Office said it persuaded more than 8,000 people to invest in the Harlequin Group – a hotel and resort development venture backed by celebrities and politicians, including the prime ministers of Barbados, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines....