The Chase winner stole £53,000 from dead people's accounts after going into debt

The Chase winner stole £53,000 from dead people's accounts after going into debt

Daniel Hodgin, a former The Chase winner, stole tens of thousands of pounds from accounts held at Halifax branch in Leyland, Lancashire.

The Chase winner stole £53k from dead people’s accounts amid 'crushing debt'

Daniel Hodgin was arrested in August 2021, four years on from his appearance on The Chase, after Lloyds Banking Group spotted a number of fraudulent payments leaving accounts of deceased customers

The Chase winner stole £53,000 from the bank accounts of dead people

A finance consultant who won an episode of The Chase stole £53,000 from the bank accounts of dead people after getting himself into debt.

The Chase winner steals £53k from bank accounts of dead people

Daniel Hodgin even duplicated a payment for funeral expenses to pay himself £4,500

Man who won The Chase got into debt and stole from accounts of dead people

After winning a share of £14,000 Hodgin started to 'live beyond his means'

The Chase winner steals £53,000 from dead people's bank accounts

Daniel Hodgin stole the cash while working as a finance consultant at Halifax