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Essex News & Investigations

Fraudster fleeced Norfolk employer of £1.3m to fund gambling addiction
Over a million pounds has been returned to a company defrauded by one of its employees to feed his gambling addiction. Andrew May, 46, of...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 25, 2022
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More than 100 UK arrests in massive international bank 'ispoof' fraud probe involving FBI & Met
AN INTERNATIONAL one-stop bank spoofing website, suspected of being run from the UK, has been taken down in the country’s biggest ever...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 23, 2022
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UKRANIAN jailed over fake ID factory has to pay back £289K of criminal proceeds
A UKRAINIAN national jailed for involvement in a major false identity documents factory has been ordered to pay back more than a quarter...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 19, 2022
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More than 800 vulnerable pensioners scammed out of £13.7m by Elizabeth Line Ponzi fraud
MORE than 800 vulnerable British pensioners were shamelessly scammed out of £13.7 million by boiler room fraudsters who claimed they were...
By JON AUSTIN
Oct 8, 2022
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Indian national wanted by FBI over $31m "wire fraud" agrees to be extradited to the USA
A MAN wanted in connection with a $31m (£24m) wire fraud in the US has agreed to extradition. Gautam Choudhary, 41, was arrested on an...
By JON AUSTIN
Jul 2, 2022
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Man from Australia charged by British Royal Mail over 'nine-year-long postal fraud' - in court today
A MAN with an address in Australia has appeared in a British court charged in connection with a nine-year long postal fraud. James...
By JON AUSTIN
Jun 25, 2022
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HARLEQUIN PROPERTY: Former boss David Ames on trial for fraud five years after being charged
EXCLUSIVE: A FORMER double glazing salesman pulled in £398 million selling thousands of investments in planned Caribbean and South...
By JON AUSTIN
May 7, 2022
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EXCLUSIVE: Fraud trial of Harlequin Property boss Dave Ames due to start 5 years after charges made
THE fraud trial of the boss of a celebrity-endorsed business that sold an estimated £400 million of off-plan properties at planned luxury...
By JON AUSTIN
May 3, 2022
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PRISON LOCKDOWN: Wormwood Scrubs locks down prisoners after coronavirus rips through wing
A PRISON has gone into lockdown after coronavirus ripped through a wing. Wormwood Scrubs, known as The Scrubs, in Hammersmith, west...
By JON AUSTIN
Dec 14, 2021
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Illegal immigrant Nigerian 'Romeo' fraudster preyed on terminally ill victim after she died
AN ILLEGAL Nigerian immigrant "Romeo" fraudster continued to target a terminally ill woman he had pursued even after she died. Osagie...
By JON AUSTIN
Dec 7, 2021
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