Driving instructor masterminded valour theft scam

A gang of crooked charity bosses made more than £500,000 by employing an army of fake veterans to collect cash for disabled soldiers, a court heard. Collectors wearing ‘Save our Soldiers’ tops and camouflage trousers were deployed at railway stations across the country in the two year scam. Commuters handed over their change for disabled former Army personnel in the fraud which netted at least £547,000 in donations, Wood Green Crown Court heard. Former driving instructor David Papagavriel, 57, Terence…