We look at Tony Williams - aka The Laird - and several other white collar criminals.
He was known as Lord Williams or “the Laird” to the people of the tiny Highland village of Tomintoul in Banffshire. Yet to his work colleagues 600 miles away in London, he was Tony Williams, an unremarkable accountant at the Metropolitan Police.
For eight years Williams got away with his Walter Mitty fantasy lifestyle until he was caught in 1994 and sent to jail for seven-and-a-half years. It was one of the most extraordinary fraud cases in UK history but, after an initial flurry of interest, the bizarre tale has not been mentioned for more than 30 years .Now professor David Wilson delves into the intriguing case in an upcoming episode of his BBC Crime Files: Scams and Scandals series.
Abagnale went on a worldwide spree of passing bad cheques in five star hotels. He impersonated a doctor and even a PanAm pilot to live a life he could have never have afforded. He was eventually arrested in France.She scammed individuals and financial institutions out of more than $270m to help set up a social house in Soho.She became so infamous that Netflix made a TV series about her life and crimes in New York called Inventing Anna.
The Department of Justice initiative will appear on television screens in Northern Ireland from Monday.Patrick Grant’s father, James, had been a manager of the Scottish pop rock band Marmalade as well as an accountant and rugby coach.The Prime Minister visited Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt for talks with key regional players this week.Two helicopters went to assist Stena Spey, with oil firm Stena Drilling confirming all 89 people on board are accounted for.
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