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Alan McEwen

Crooked Edinburgh banker conned his friends out of £36,000 in currency scam

A crooked bank worker cheated a group of pals out of £36,000 in a foreign currency scam to fund his football gambling addiction.

David Hay was employed as a financial investigator with HSBC when he carried out the swindle to allow him to bet “as much money as possible” online.

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