Former Man from the Pru jailed for £250k whisky scam

Lee Chapman, the former adviser, in an elaborate scam with his brother Mark, who has also been jailed, took more than £250,000 from elderly investors in Devon, according to the Exeter Express and Echo. The brothers convinced they were investing in a successful multi-million pound business selling whisky branded with the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club and the Old Father Time logo from Lords. They claimed to have tied up contracts with supermarkets and foreign distributors worth millions when in reality they did not even have a licence to use the MCC trademark. Instead they spen...