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Two men from Brighton and Hove have been charged over what police believe was a £5 million horse race betting brochure investment fraud.
Jobless John McCracken, 45, of Whitehawk Road, Brighton, and self-employed John Brice, 39, of Sandringham Drive, Hove, have been bailed to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Friday 29 June.
They will be joined in the dock by a third man, company director Matthew Thole, 39, of Cefn Mably Park, Michaelston-y-Fedw, Cardiff.
All three are charged with fraudulently conspiring together between 30 April 2003 and 13 February 2008 and with twins Paul and Gregory Spicer, with Lee O’Donnell and others.
The conspiracy allegedly targeted prospective and actual participants in various purported betting services and purported investment services.
They are accused of
dishonestlymaking false claims in relation to the betting services
making false claims in relation to the investment services
seeking and receiving payment in relation to those services
The charges follow a nine-month inquiry by the Sussex Police Major Fraud Unit and a review of the evidence by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Those accused are alleged to have obtained more than £5 million by convincing hundreds of people across the country to invest in non-existent betting brochure schemes.
All three have been on police bail since their arrests last year.
Brice and Thole were charged when they answered their bail on Tuesday (12 June) and McCracken was charged when he answered his bail yesterday (Wednesday 13 June).
A fourth man, a 38-year-old from Lancing, has so far failed to answer his bail and police inquiries are being made to trace him.
The two Spicers and O’Donnell were jailed for conspiracy to defraud at Lewes Crown Court in June 2010.
Jobless John McCracken, 45, of Whitehawk Road, Brighton, and self-employed John Brice, 39, of Sandringham Drive, Hove, have been bailed to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Friday 29 June.
They will be joined in the dock by a third man, company director Matthew Thole, 39, of Cefn Mably Park, Michaelston-y-Fedw, Cardiff.
All three are charged with fraudulently conspiring together between 30 April 2003 and 13 February 2008 and with twins Paul and Gregory Spicer, with Lee O’Donnell and others.
The conspiracy allegedly targeted prospective and actual participants in various purported betting services and purported investment services.
They are accused of
dishonestlymaking false claims in relation to the betting services
making false claims in relation to the investment services
seeking and receiving payment in relation to those services
The charges follow a nine-month inquiry by the Sussex Police Major Fraud Unit and a review of the evidence by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Those accused are alleged to have obtained more than £5 million by convincing hundreds of people across the country to invest in non-existent betting brochure schemes.
All three have been on police bail since their arrests last year.
Brice and Thole were charged when they answered their bail on Tuesday (12 June) and McCracken was charged when he answered his bail yesterday (Wednesday 13 June).
A fourth man, a 38-year-old from Lancing, has so far failed to answer his bail and police inquiries are being made to trace him.
The two Spicers and O’Donnell were jailed for conspiracy to defraud at Lewes Crown Court in June 2010.
i wonder how coke ed got on in front of the beak
I think its a different MATTHEW THOLE cos my man sends some great tips .
I had dealings with Thole about 20 Years ago,a right sly little ****.I would just love it if he went down and got Gang Raped into the Bargain.
I put a thread up the other week in a similar vein to the OP about a mailshot I had from some trickster and it got taken off in about five minutes by the moderators, this forum is strange, you can have a few similar threads, some are removed like lightening and others remain on here.
I think it's time Betfair investigated the company doing the monitoring to see if they actually read any of the threads put up
I think it's time Betfair investigated the company doing the monitoring to see if they actually read any of the threads put up
cant remember dunlaying, I get a few every now and then, latest ones are texts telling me of 2 winners at yarmouth
John Terry - you start a thread asking if a certain Matthew Thole is any good - you get countless good pieces of advice to avoid this character at all costs and yet you come up with comments such as 'he is good', 'sends some great tips' and 'I like him' after all this advice . You are either thick as pigshit or you are Matthew Thole.
i suspect a bucket of pigshit may have an intellectual edge over him
'John Terry' with such a poorly concealed hidden agenda he ought to just fess up and say what he really thinks : habitual dissemblers soon forget that just telling the truth without fear or favour can bring surprising results. But is he brave enough for that?
Depends if you get "The Special Service" ....... only a select lucky few do ....... by invitation only !!! ...... payments only accepted at McDonalds ........ with a strict no returns policy ....... in other words "you get f all back" ..... 
Think he is related to R. Thole (shame about his speech impediment) .......
Think he is related to R. Thole (shame about his speech impediment) .......
Some of these skint desperados who prey on the weak and vulnerable have been around for quite along time.
i was with him for a while..worst ever tipster known to man..
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