Darren Upton goes down for 6 years

[Pondlife]

Possibly, possibly not. It's easy to judge her, but it sounds like he was the one who did the running, and she had no idea he was married.

Assuming she's genuine then surely some alarm bells would have started ringing when he offered to pay for her flat, car etc but she never got to visit 'his place'.

18 months together and she probably never met any family, no Christmas morning, his birthday etc. My assumption obviously but still...

[mudskipper]

Assuming she's genuine then surely some alarm bells would have started ringing when he offered to pay for her flat, car etc but she never got to visit 'his place'.

18 months together and she probably never met any family, no Christmas morning, his birthday etc. My assumption obviously but still...

I'm sure we'll get all the facts when she sells her story to the Mail.

[NonnyMouse]

I've met and spoke to Tina a few times, she struck me as being quite sharp - fair enough she was on maternity leave and probably out of the loop of what was going on in the company but she must have known about the 10k a month repayments and the amount of money that was still owed from the currency scheme so why didnt she think it a tad odd that they were now both driving pretty flash cars when all that money was still owed?

[Pondlife]

I've met and spoke to Tina a few times, she struck me as being quite sharp - fair enough she was on maternity leave and probably out of the loop of what was going on in the company but she must have known about the 10k a month repayments and the amount of money that was still owed from the currency scheme so why didnt she think it a tad odd that they were now both driving pretty flash cars when all that money was still owed?

As Baggy said, the best part of £2million is still missing. AFAIK they had a property in Barbados too, so he may have claimed it came from their offshore reserves etc.

People hear what they want to.

[Craic]

Darren Upton jailed for fraud

He was using contractors' money to keep a blonde part time model as his lover in a luxury flat.

Top IT Contractor Accountant Darren Upton gets 6 years in jail for Fraud

Shame. I was thought he was OK - but what he did wasn't.

How could he!

[DimPrawn]

Some nice music to cheeryou up Baggy.

[cojak]

KUATB!

There's 2 posts on this already!

[Bagpuss]

I've met and spoke to Tina a few times, she struck me as being quite sharp - fair enough she was on maternity leave and probably out of the loop of what was going on in the company but she must have known about the 10k a month repayments and the amount of money that was still owed from the currency scheme so why didnt she think it a tad odd that they were now both driving pretty flash cars when all that money was still owed?

You would have to wonder. If I owed all that money and had some people seriously peed off with me, I would expect my lifestyle to become more modest for some time while I did all I could to make good my mistake. I would feel guilty to be driving around in new premium luxury cars while others had lost life savings. But then it depends on your upbringing really and your view of right and wrong.

I have not suffered like many have, some are ill as a result of this, some are in financial trouble. I am just peed off I trusted these scumbags.

[AtW]

I have not suffered like many have, some are ill as a result of this, some are in financial trouble. I am just peed off I trusted these scumbags.

[Churchill]

Possibly, possibly not. It's easy to judge her, but it sounds like he was the one who did the running, and she had no idea he was married.

Yeah, it was his boyish good looks that attracted her.

The free car, apartment, handbags and allowance had nothing whatsoever to do with it, she lurved him - long time.

Yeah, right.