Apprentice star admits mortgage fraud

Farrell admitted the fraud before Plymouth Magistrates' Court and will be sentenced on 28 January. Prosecutor David Gittins told the court: "Christopher Farrell started working as a mortgage and insurance adviser with the company, Mortgages for Plymouth, in November 2007 until he was told: 'You're fired' in August 2009. "After that he took part in the BBC programme The Apprentice until he was fired from that in November." The court was told Farrell altered payslips or P60 forms in order to inflate the earnings of his clients to ensure their mortgages would be approved. This, it ...