Shipping firm targeted by ‘very good conman’

A conman duped a Dutch shipping firm out of 100 million Euros (£88m) by offering vast returns through secret UN sanctioned investments, a court heard. Paul Sultana, 51, allegedly took part in the plot to swindle Allseas Group Ltd, a company which builds some of the world’s largest ships. Sultana and his associates made outlandish claims about their influence, which stretched from the US Federal Reserve to the United Nations, Southwark Crown Court heard. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw, QC, said: ‘Back…