Famous bankrupts, past & present

Cobalt77

Have we got snooker legend Willie Thorne on the list yet?

Former snooker player Willie Thorne has revealed how his wife stopped him from killing himself over £1million gambling debts.

Thorne had taken a knife to a hotel and written letters to family members, only to be saved by wife Jill Saxby who burst into the room after finding him just in time.

The 61-year-old, who is declaring himself bankrupt, says his gambling addiction, and resulting debts, had spun out of control with money lenders even threatening to chop off his wife's fingers and take her jewellery to pay off loans.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3084968/Snooker-star-Willie-Thorne-declares-bankrupt-1million-gambling-debts-led-brink-suicide.html

fatbelly

Cobalt77 wrote: »

Have we got snooker legend Willie Thorne on the list yet?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3084968/Snooker-star-Willie-Thorne-declares-bankrupt-1million-gambling-debts-led-brink-suicide.html

Missed that one earlier this year. Poor Willie, now on the insolvency register not as "snooker legend" but "A self employed after dinner speaker"

P.S. Still no sign of Freddie Starr

National_Debtline

fatbelly wrote: »

Not sure how famous he is as a footballer but obviously made his mark with the Insolvency Service

Footballer scores own goal and handed 15 year bankruptcy restriction order by Court

Hi fatbelly


I had heard of him, but that probably reflects more on my interests than this player's renown...


Dennis
@natdebtline

Cobalt77

National_Debtline wrote: »

Hi fatbelly
I had heard of him, but that probably reflects more on my interests than this player's renown...
Dennis
@natdebtline

Interesting case. To summarise, a chap creates a Ponzi scheme and swindles people out of £3.5 million. He's then given a 15 year BRO.

Does anyone with more than one brain cell think this swindler gives a flying fe.ck about being given a 15 year BRO?

fatbelly

Cobalt77 wrote: »

Interesting case. To summarise, a chap creates a Ponzi scheme and swindles people out of £3.5 million. He's then given a 15 year BRO.

Does anyone with more than one brain cell think this swindler gives a flying fe.ck about being given a 15 year BRO?

If I read this correctly his 'investors' lost more than that - about £9 million in all. Some of this was lost through trading.

But £3.5 million has gone 'missing'. I don't understand why there is no investigation, apparently, by the police into where this is.

I was thinking about this when hearing about the Shelterbox founder who has spent all week at a hugely expensive Old Bailey trial (costing £500,000) and the jury have been unable to reach a verdict on whether he committed fraud by buying some of his tents from his son's company. One of the accusations is that the son spent advances from the charity on a motorbike costing £5,600.

fermi

This is bound to be utter car crash and cringeworthy TV!

http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/2295175/115055007/bankrupt-broke-when-celebs-go-bust

philnicandevan

fermi wrote: »

This is bound to be utter car crash and cringeworthy TV!

http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/2295175/115055007/bankrupt-broke-when-celebs-go-bust

Hmm channel 5...say no more! :rotfl::rotfl:

fermi

philnicandevan wrote: »

Hmm channel 5...say no more! :rotfl::rotfl:

Yes. I didn't bother watching.

JCS1

Trustees going after Anthea Turner and a property transfer in relation to her (now ex) husband

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3509944/Anthea-Turner-sued-bankrupt-ex-husband-s-creditors-1-6million-10million-sale-former-marital-home.html

JCS1

And I guess we can now add BHS to the list