A man was sentenced to two years in prison for attempting to dupe an elderly man into handing over £67,000 in exchange for the release of £4 million he had already lost to fraud

Elliot Shaw

Richard Templeton, 61, of Alicante, Spain, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and was sentenced to two years in prison on June 1, 2022, at Leicester Crown Court.

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A man was sentenced to two years in prison for attempting to dupe an elderly man into handing over £67,000 in exchange for the release of £4 million he had already lost to fraud

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