{"id":221075,"date":"2024-09-26T19:45:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/26\/ex-sergeant-jailed-over-betting-fraud\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T19:45:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:45:49","slug":"ex-sergeant-jailed-over-betting-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/26\/ex-sergeant-jailed-over-betting-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Sergeant Jailed Over Betting Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Michael Stanley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A former police officer who funded his lavish lifestyle by duping thousands of people involved with a horse racing betting syndicate has been jailed.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Stanley admitted misusing money from members of the Layezy Racing Syndicate for several years before his arrest in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Terry Wildey, a retired hairdresser from Kent, said he and his family had put \u00a3200,000 into the scheme after he encouraged his own relatives to invest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a rat isn\u2019t he,\u201d he told the BBC, after Stanley was sentenced to six years\u2019 imprisonment at Maidstone Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe consciously set that up with the sole intention of taking people\u2019s money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About \u00a344m was paid into the scheme and an estimated \u00a334m was withdrawn by members, leaving a \u00a310m shortfall which remains unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p>One victim lost nearly \u00a3500,000, the court heard.<\/p>\n<p>The former Kent Police sergeant, 68, pleaded guilty to running the \u201cPonzi scheme\u201d in March.<\/p>\n<p>Stanley was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Tuesday afternoon<\/p>\n<p>The court was told the syndicate started out with family and friends and grew to more than 6,000 members, and had a waiting list of 3,000 people at the time it collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>It also heard that Stanley, from Walderslade, used \u00a34m on personal spending, including to buy himself a \u00a3400,000 property in Spain, Land Rover vehicles amounting to more than \u00a3600,000 and 23 race horses.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Stanley \u00a0 A former police officer who funded his lavish lifestyle by duping thousands of people involved with a horse racing betting syndicate has been jailed. Michael Stanley admitted misusing money from members of the Layezy Racing Syndicate for several years before his arrest in 2019. 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