The victims of Hampshire con-woman Tina Roberts, who pretended to be a physiotherapist to extort £1 million from her clients, have learned that they won’t get their money back as she has gone bankrupt.
Roberts, 32, spent years pretending to be a physiotherapist, spinning a web of deceit in order to earn more than £1 million from clients and banking institutions. One of her wildest claims was that she was the physiotherapist for the England rugby team, a lie that she used to get clients to part with their money so that she could fund a lavish lifestyle for herself.
Following a court case last February, Roberts was found guilty of 14 charges of deception and fraud. She was sentenced to prison for seven years.
However, it has now come to light that Roberts has been through bankruptcy proceedings, meaning that all the people she deceived are not likely to get their money back. A judge at a recent confiscation hearing was informed that Roberts’ only assets were computer equipment, a nutritional analysis device and an iPhone – all adding up to just £5,000.
At the end of the hearing, Roberts was ordered to pay creditors with the proceeds from the sale of her limited assets. The decision was branded “a complete farce” by Peter Lelliot, one of the major victims of the scam. As well as claiming that the bankruptcy investigation had been poorly managed, Mr Lelliot is convinced that Roberts is hiding assets. He said:
“I am sure she has bought a number of items, including jewellery.”
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