Ex-Soap Star Caught After Fleeing to Spain Before £13 Million Fraud Trial
National Trading Standards said more than 6,000 victims were duped into paying for portfolios and studio shoots in the fraud.
- On Thursday, Spanish Guardia Civil officers arrested former Brookside actor Philip Foster in Alicante, ending a four-month manhunt for the fugitive convicted of a £13.6 million modeling fraud.
- Over eight years, Foster operated a network of sham modeling agencies using social media to lure more than 6,000 victims into purchasing worthless portfolios through high-interest credit deals and payday loans.
- Sheffield Crown Court sentenced the fugitive in absentia to eight-and-a-half years in prison last February, with Judge Dixon branding the scheme 'horrible, despicable, dishonest behaviour.'
- Extradition proceedings are now underway to return him to the UK, making Foster the fourth arrest from the National Crime Agency's recent most-wanted list of fugitives hiding in Spain.
- His capture reflects ongoing collaboration between British and Spanish police, though authorities continue searching for his son, Michael, who was also sentenced in absentia for his role in the fraud.
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Former Brookside Actor Philip Foster Arrested in Spain Over £13.6 Million Fraud
Philip Foster, a former actor known for his role in the soap opera Brookside, has been the subject of an international manhunt. Foster has spent years as a fugitive from British justice following his involvement in a multi-million pound fraud. Foster masterminded a massive £13.6 million fraud. The scheme operated through a network of sham modeling agencies that exploited more than 6,000 victims. Many of those targeted were aspiring models and th…
A flight lasted months ended on Thursday in the coastal town of Torrevieja, on the Spanish Costa Blanca, where the officers of the Civil Guard put the cuffs on Philip Barry Foster's wrists, 51 years old, a former British actor known to the public for playing the perfidious Christian Wright in the cult soap opera of Channel 4, [...] The article Philip Barry Foster arrested in Spain: the actor of the soap "Brookside" was wanted for a 16 million eu…
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