Fraudsters jailed after buying supercars and yacht in £70m tree-planting scam
2 sources·Updated September 3, 2026
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- Daily Mail News·19h agoFraudsters who lived luxury lifestyles with fancy holidays and top-of-the-range sports cars after conning pensioners out of £70m in tree-planting Ponzi scheme are jailed
Matthew Pickard, from Bournemouth, was one of three fraudsters jailed today for their parts in a money-grabbing scheme which duped pensioners out of £70million to fund their luxury lifestyles.
Read at Daily Mail News → - Sky News UK·21h agoFraudsters jailed after buying supercars and yacht in £70m tree-planting scam
Three directors of a tree-planting company have been jailed after running a £70m investment scam that duped thousands of people, including many pensioners, out of their savings.
Read at Sky News UK →