TOWIE star cleared of diamond fraud

Former TOWIE star Lewis Bloor has been cleared of a plot to defraud investors in a £3million coloured diamond scam after his trial collapsed. The 31-year-old, who also featured in Celebrity Big Brother, was accused of working for two different companies connected with the ‘boiler room’ fraud that ran from May 2013 to June 2014. The precious stones were allegedly sold at many times their actual cost to investors, which meant they never could be a genuine investment. But the…