Adviser given suspended prison term for mortgage fraud

Scott Sinclair
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A financial adviser has been handed a suspended 10-month prison sentence for mortgage fraud following an investigation which began as an illegal drugs probe.

Louise Butler, of Barry in South Wales, and accomplice Mark Fowles offered a third individual, John Cope, £5,000 to use his personal details to apply for a mortgage in a bid to avoid taxation costs. Butler then used her position as a "financial adviser" to process the necessary papers through the lender, according to Gloucestershire Police. The trio were this week sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to obtain a mortgage by deception. Butler, 31, received a 10-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months as well as a year-long supervision order. ...

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