A career fraudster who claims he was once a semi-professional footballer conned a pensioner out of more than £340,000 and used the money to live like a Premier League star jetting off on first class flights and living in a £3million mansion.
Abdul Ibraheem, 36, targeted 84-year-old Alan Potter who had already been the victim of a boiler room scam that saw him lose £1.8million after convincing the former accounting firm owner that he could recover the money for him.
Ibraheem took £50,000 from Mr Potter to begin with but eventually rinsed the pensioner of over £340,000 - £200,000 of which was in cash - leaving him 'on the verge of possible bankruptcy' that could see him forced to sell his home.