A fraudster couple spent £31,500 on an LS Lowry sketch and lived a luxury lifestyle funded by a holiday investment scam that defrauded over 3,000 people of £28m.
The conspiracy, led by Mark Rowe, operated as Sell My Timeshare (SMT), targeting owners desperate to relinquish properties. Investigators said Rowe “put victims up in hotels” and “created fake virtual offices and fake personas” in the fraud, which led to 14 convictions under Operation Destin.
