As the mastermind of a £1 million Ponzi fraud, James Gillingham ran a gang that used aliases from a hit movie to fleece victims.
Posing as reputable brokers and taking names from The Riot Club – a film about aristocratic Oxford University students – his ruthless team cold-called targets and pressured them to pay into an investment scheme which promised generous guaranteed returns.
In fact, every penny went to the bandits, with Southend-born bus driver’s son Gillingham, 38, pocketing the most from the scam which cost countless victims their life savings.
After Gillingham was yesterday finally told he will be jailed – a
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