"Acklom convinced Carolyn Woods in 2012 that he was both a Swiss investment banker and an MI6 agent, and had celebrity friends with whom he regularly spoke. In reality, the man was not an international banker, nor was he in espionage, and his fabled friendships with British celebrities such as Chris Evans were allegedly also fabricated. He also did not have a string of properties in need of renovation. He left Woods penniless."
"Acklom pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud worth £300,000 ($403,000) in August 2019, although one woman accusing him of fraud maintained that she was defrauded of much more - a sum closer to the £850,000 ($1.14 million) region. Acklom was sentenced to five years and eight months' imprisonment for five counts of fraud totalling £300,000 in August 2019. The CPS says that after being being extradited from Switzerland in 2019, he admitted five charges."
Mark Acklom, 52, impersonated a Swiss investment banker and MI6 agent to convince Carolyn Woods in 2012 to lend money for non-existent property renovations, leaving her penniless. He pleaded guilty in August 2019 to five counts of fraud totalling £300,000 and received five years and eight months' imprisonment. Extradited from Switzerland in 2019 and later freed from a Spanish jail, Acklom faced a court order to repay £125,000 — his estimated assets — within three months or serve an additional two years; a judge doubted repayment likelihood.
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