A former director of Dundee FC dubbed 'The Devil's Advocate' defrauded clients out of £1m by falsely claiming he was a qualified lawyer, a court heard today (tues)
Giovanni Di Stefano, 57, netted the money from ten victims after he claimed he was a trained Italian 'avvocato' between 2004 and 2012.
Prosecutors claim he was no more a qualified lawyer than he was a 'surgeon qualified to perform surgery or pilot qualified to fly an aeroplane'.
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DEVIL'S ADVOCATE DEFRAUDED CLIENTS OUT OF £1M
CANTERBURY, KENT; DUNDEE, SCOTLAND
A former director of Dundee FC dubbed 'The Devil's Advocate' defrauded clients out of £1m by falsely claiming he was a qualified lawyer, a court heard today (tues)
Giovanni Di Stefano, 57, netted the money from ten victims after he claimed he was a trained Italian 'avvocato' between 2004 and 2012.
Prosecutors claim he was no more a qualified lawyer than he was a 'surgeon qualified to perform surgery or pilot qualified to fly an aeroplane'.