London-based city trader Luis Nobre was part of a gang of con men who scammed the equivalent of more than R1.5 billion from Dutch international shipping firm Allseas Group in 2011 – claiming that they would receive billions of dollars working with him and his associates.
He had posed as a multimillionaire with links to the Vatican Church and Spanish nobility in order to conduct this scam, the Southwark Crown Court in London has heard.
Prosecutor David Durose said: “Ultimately it is clear that the individuals who ended up advising them were not the international financiers that Allseas thought they were.”
Sources: Port Technology and UK newspaper The Guardian
