Scammer Richard Lester sentenced to 5 years for defrauding 180 people of £400,000 via fake cruise sales.

A 56-year-old scammer, Richard Lester, has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding over 180 people out of more than £400,000 through fake cruise sales. Lester, who called himself a "lord," sold unbooked cruise vouchers and miles between 2009 and 2014, using new customers' money to pay earlier victims and fund his gambling addiction. He will also be barred from being a company director for nine years.

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