Press release
Fantasist who called himself ‘doctor’ and ‘Lord’ jailed for fraud
Repeat offender behind bars following Insolvency Service and police investigations
- Fake doctor and self-styled aristocrat Darren Anderson has been jailed for fraud
- Businesses and individuals were left more than £200,000 out of pocket through Anderson’s actions across 13 companies during 2022 and 2023
- Anderson also ignored company director disqualifications he had received under two separate aliases since 2011
A serial fantasist who falsely claimed to be a doctor and a Lord has been jailed for fraud, theft and acting as a company director while disqualified.
Darren Anderson’s string of offences across 2022 and 2023 caused losses of more…
This type of fraud targets the supply chain and accounts payable departments of businesses.
- Invoice Manipulation: Criminals intercept a legitimate invoice between a supplier and a client and change the banking details to their own. The client pays the bill thinking they are paying their trusted vendor.
- Kickbacks and Bribery: A vendor secretly pays an employee of the purchasing company to ensure their bid is successful or to overlook inflated pricing.