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Matthew Mansell
Dylan Creaven and associates orchestrated a £3.5 million scam, preying on elderly investors with fraudulent carbon credit and gemstone schemes, operating from a lavish London office.
Quick summary on Matthew Mansell
Fraudulent Business Practices:
Dylan Creaven, along with Matthew Mansell and others, established fake companies, Agon Power Limited and Lanyard Capital Ltd., misleading investors with fraudulent claims about carbon offsets and gemstones.
Exploiting Elderly Investors:
The fraudsters specifically targeted older individuals, persuading them to invest their life savings under false pretenses, ultimately defrauding them of £3.5 million.
Fake Carbon Credit Investments:
Agon Power Limited claimed to sell carbon offsets, but these credits were almost worthless, leaving investors with no real returns.
Substandard Gemstone Scam:
Lanyard Capital Ltd. deceived buyers into purchasing low-quality or valueless gemstones, falsely marketing them as premium investments.
Aggressive Cold-Calling Tactics:
Sales representatives used persistent and aggressive cold-calling techniques to pressure victims into making investments.
Lavish ‘Boiler Room’ Operations:
Funds from the scam were used to set up extravagant offices at Buchanan House, St James’s Square, to create an illusion of legitimacy.
Illegal Home Intrusion:
Matthew Navin reportedly entered an elderly man’s house and took him to his bank to forcefully extract money.
by: Dylan Hayes
These guys are pure scum, stealing from elderly folks with fake investments! Hope they get what’s coming.
by: Samantha Cooper
Can't believe they had the nerve to show up at an elderly man's home and force him to withdraw money. That’s just criminal!
by: Andrew Russell
I don’t know how authorities let this go on for so long. So many lives ruined while they enjoyed stolen wealth!
by: Kaitlyn Perez
Thought I was investing in something real, turns out it was all a fraud. Learned my lesson the hard way.
by: Tyler Simmons
Dylan Creaven and Matthew Mansell should be behind bars for life! Taking advantage of old people is the lowest of low.