Chairman of celebrity-endorsed company denies £260m investment con

The chairman of a celebrity-endorsed company today (tues) denied cheating investors out of £260m over the sale of thousands of ‘off-plan’ properties at luxury Caribbean resorts. David Ames, 65, is said to have used celebrity endorsements to lend credibility to his alleged scam through the Harlequin Group of companies between January 2010 and June 2015. The Harlequin Property scheme had endorsements from stars including former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, golf legend Gary Player, football pundit Andy Townsend, TV property guru…