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Fraudsters who exploited the dreams of young people have been given jail sentences
Posted 10 March 2025 | JoTS Online
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UPDATES: A major National Trading Standards investigation has resulted in lengthy prison sentences for those behind a £13.6 million modelling agency fraud that exploited young people pursuing careers in the industry.
A former actor who ran a £13.6m fraud that exploited aspiring young models has been sentenced to more than eight years in jail following a National Trading Standards (NTS) investigation.
Along with eight associates, Philip Foster (49) – who appeared in the Channel Four soap opera <em>Brookside</em> between 1995 and 1997 – ran an extensive network of sham modelling agencie...
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