Mortgage adviser cons friends out of £200,000

Kevin Barker, a part-owner of K&B Mortgage Solutions, pleaded guilty to 16 charges of mortgage fraud after lying to his close friends and associates about a property development opportunity, local paper the Bradford Telegraph & Argus reports. The victims, who included the best man from Barker’s wedding and a friend who was godfather to his children, had taken out personal loans and readjusted their finances for the business proposition. Bradford County Court heard how the 16 complainants were conned out of various amounts of money, ranging room £5,000 to £25,000. Barker was granted...