WunderKi(n)dS "BUSTED" in the news

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lemarche

All right, I am starting this thread following the last bust to come to light (see thread http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index...-turned-2-000-into-21million-in-a-year.290758)

So it would go like this:

Original story in [fill in], DD/MM/YY:
http...
Busted story in [fill in], DD/MM/YY:
http...

For example for thread above:

Original story in Plymouth Herald (lol), 31/01/15:
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Mee...00-21million/story-25950117-detail/story.html
Busted story in The Daily Telegraph, 16/06/15:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-charged-fraud-driving-without-L-plates.html

Please keep comments to a minimum unless you have a story to add, cos he would be nice to keep this post as a recurrent/"Sticky" post.
 
Ok, I have a few ones in store to add myself:

After Sam Cook above, here is Alex Hope:

Original story in The Daily Telegraph, May11:
Original article not found, but: "He featured prominently in a SPONSORED supplement about spread-betting in the Daily Telegraph last May." (http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/apr/04/city-trader-alex-hope-arrested-fsa)
Resting my case that THERE IS an INCENTIVE for brokers / banks / the industry at large to let / push this kind of get-super-rich-super-quick-trading kind of story in the news...

He later got a lot of attention in the media due to a pretty high bar bill...
E.g. in The Daily Mirror, 6/03/12:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/the-businessman-who-ran-up-203-752576

Busted story shortly thereafter (guess he did get some attention.. altho the wrong one ! lol) in The Guardian, 4/04/12:
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/apr/04/city-trader-alex-hope-arrested-fsa

And finally, went to jail:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/30/city-fraudster-alex-hope-investors-cash-fca
 
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