Two scammers jailed after coaxing savers to transfer £1m to fake scheme

Victoria Tichá
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Two men were sentenced to jail after luring 16 victims into transferring nearly £1m of their pensions into a non-existent occupational scheme in an "elaborate" liberation scam.

The partners in crime were Anthony Locke, who was found guilty of 23 counts of fraud by false representation and three counts of money laundering, and his employee, Ray King, found guilty of 14 cou...

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