Towie star ‘used fake name in diamond scam’

Towie star Lewis Bloor used a fake name as he sold massively overpriced diamonds as part of a £3m investment fraud, a court heard today. The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant, 31, allegedly worked for two companies connected with the ‘boiler room’ fraud that ran from May 2013 to June 2014. Bloor called investors posing as ‘Thomas Harkin’ while while raking in commissions for every successful sale for Imperial Assets Solutions (IAS) and Henderson & Forbes, jurors heard. One alleged…