Towie star Lewis Bloor 'part of a £3m diamond scam' before appearing on show, court hears
Lewis Bloor joined The Only Way Is Essex in 2013 and also appeared in Celebrity Big Brother in 2016
More than 200 victims, many of them elderly, were conned into buying small, coloured stones after being "told lies" about their value during cold calls, prosecutors said. "Each one of these six defendants was involved in both [firms], with one exception, Lewis Bloor, who left at some point in 2013 to pursue a career in television," prosecutor David Durose QC said.
Southwark Crown Court heard many of the alleged victims were elderly and had been encouraged to use some of their life savings or pension pots to purchase the diamonds.The jury heard the stones were bought from a wholesaler and sold on with a mark-up of about 600%.
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