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Buzz kill: Crook, 73, conned investors into shoveling millions into geek-friendly caffeine-loaded chocs that didn’t exist. Now he’s in jail

Scammer and pals blew the cash on cosmetic surgery, jewelry, swanky pads, flash motors

A 73-year-old fraudster has been sentenced to four years in prison for conspiracy to defraud – after bilking investors out of $2.3m (£1.7m) by convincing them that they were investing in a sure-fire winner: caffeine-infused chocolates for the tech sector.…

https://go.theregister.co.uk/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/16/starship_chocolate_fraud/