The South Coast Ponzi Fraud: Episode 02

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🗓️ 2 December 2016

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

At 35 Benjamin Wilson appeared to have it all. A financial trading maestro he was the local boy made good, living in a £4 million mansion in Sandbanks and able to spend most of his time on the golf course.

However, this was all a facade. His world came crashing down when it became clear that he was in fact running a classic ponzi fraud. Although on a much lesser scale than Stanford and Madoff, this financial crime caused devastation in his local community as some victims of the crime lost everything they had worked for all their lives.

Now serving time in prison, this podcast tells the story of Benjamin Wilson.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Adam and welcome to episode 2 of the UK True Crime Podcast, a weekly podcast
0:07.6	covering all aspects of UK True Crime. Next week we're looking at a brutal murder inspired
0:13.4	by the desperate need to clear financial debts, but for today's episode we're looking at
0:18.1	financial crime, specifically the case of Benjamin Wilson.
0:24.6	In December 2011 at the age of 35, Benjamin Wilson had an enviable lifestyle. A graduate
0:31.6	of Swansea University he'd previously worked for Intel before seemingly discovering
0:36.3	his real talent which was financial trading. He'd built his success on his charm, charisma
0:42.9	and an exceptional trading ability and he was now fully determined to enjoy the rewards
0:47.9	of his success. Wilson was no shrinking violet, he described himself on his Facebook pages
0:54.2	Hansmann Rich. His favourite quotations included the following, greatness is simply the propensity
1:00.9	to keep going when everyone else gives up. Wilson had grown up on the South Coast of England
1:06.8	in Paul and this is where at the age of 24 he started and also based his business,
1:12.2	Sure Investment. There was no expense spared in creating a luxurious exclusive office.
1:18.7	Over £4.8 million was spent to ensure it reflected the success of his thriving business.
1:24.4	Potential investors and Sure Investment were invited to these offices which were
1:28.4	onnately decorated with bull and bear statues which cost over £10,000. There was a bar area
1:34.6	which included a champagne filled fridge, there was a games room and even an office mess
1:38.9	bedroom. This potential clients could even watch Wilson's traders making their money in
1:44.6	real time on their state of the art trading desks. Wilson was widely regarded as a trading
1:50.7	maestro who was admired by investors for the return he was able to produce, quite stunning
1:55.8	returns and by staff who felt lucky to be working for such a genius.
2:02.5	Wilson lived nearby in the exclusive waterfront area of sand banks in a £4m house called Rhapsody.
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