Bank conman left £7m IOU for his bosses
Financial consultant who duped investors to fuel gambling habit asks for 263 offences to be considered
Mark Branagan
08 November 2005 | Yorkshire Post
A fraudster who stole £10m to feed his gambling addiction while working as a financial consultant left a £7m "IOU" in the safe for his bosses at the Halifax Bank, a court has heard.
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raham Price, 58, was on holiday in New York when a stunned auditor found the note at the Halifax agency he ran in Gowerton, South Wales, Swansea Crown Court was told yesterday.
The smooth-talking conman, who had duped 84 unsuspecting clients out of life savings of more than £3m, had already put auditor Lesley Tucker off from making her inspection with a variety of excuses.
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Financial consultant who duped investors to fuel gambling habit asks for 263 offences to be considered
Mark Branagan
08 November 2005 | Yorkshire Post
A fraudster who stole £10m to feed his gambling addiction while working as a financial consultant left a £7m "IOU" in the safe for his bosses at the Halifax Bank, a court has heard.
G
raham Price, 58, was on holiday in New York when a stunned auditor found the note at the Halifax agency he ran in Gowerton, South Wales, Swansea Crown Court was told yesterday.
The smooth-talking conman, who had duped 84 unsuspecting clients out of life savings of more than £3m, had already put auditor Lesley Tucker off from making her inspection with a variety of excuses.
... continued here - (Dead link: http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1246537)