A love rat stockbroker who seduced a wealthy businesswoman in her 50s only to con her out of more than £500,000 through a bogus investment scam has been jailed for three years. Sam Whittingslow, 29, from Hyde, had known successful businesswoman Jill Kelly since he was a child – but managed to con her out … Read more
Last summer I was tricked into transferring my life savings to criminals posing as cryptocurrency brokers. My friends had told me that lots of people were investing in Bitcoin and doing very well, so I found an online firm claiming to offer Bitcoin and entered my details. I was then contacted by a number of … Read more
Schoolgirl, 17, FAKED brain tumour to con pop stars and their fans out of up to £400,000 to fund private jet trips to Disneyland – as inquest reveals she died of heart failure six years later Meghan Bhari founded Believe in Magic to help terminally ill children in 2012 The charity was dissolved last week … Read more
Coronavirus spreads through air conditioning units on buses, scientists have warned after two dozen cases were linked back to a single passenger in China. Twenty-four passengers on the bus in Zhejiang Province tested positive for the virus after a single hour-and-a-half journey on January 19. Scientists believe the air conditioning unit allowed the transmission of the … Read more
When a homeless man’s story about how a stray cat saved him from heroin addiction was made into an award-winning film, he and the producer were all smiles. But now, weeks after Bob the Cat was fatally run over, owner James Bowen has had a bitter falling out with the man who immortalised him on … Read more
An international con artist and his partner have been ordered to hand over more than £1 million after defrauding wealthy victims to fund their extravagant lifestyle. Ayodele Oluseye Odewale, 42, and Sara Bharat Yadav, 40, trawled through public records to find information about their victims so they could apply for credit cards in their names. … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of workers face redundancy because insurance giants are refusing to pay out in a £1 billion ‘coronavirus cover con’. Tens of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses are at risk of bankruptcy because of the ‘disgraceful’ and ‘immoral’ attempt to wriggle out of releasing the vital funds. This is despite them having … Read more
Restaurant’s air conditioning spread coronavirus from one infected diner to NINE others, report finds Researchers investigate incident at eatery in Guangzhou, China, in January An asymptomatic customer later fell ill, along with others on nearby tables Study claims virus was carried further than usual due to venue’s air conditioning However 81 others eating and working … Read more