Pay back £10m or face another ten years inside

A couple who helped swindle the HBOS bank of more than £245m have been ordered to pay back more than £10m – or face another 10 years each in jail. Banker Lynden Scourfield, 57, a portly Danny DeVito lookalike, forced struggling clients to use the services of his friend David Mills while authorising huge loans to high-risk clients regardless of their ability to repay them. Southwark Crown Court had heard how Mills, 63, charged exorbitant ‘consultancy’ fees and expenses while…

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