Pounds, that is . . ..

Court hears that domain name scam enabled 23-year-old to trick thousands of victims in ingenious online frauds run from bedroom of his father's terraced house

A YOUNG computer expert threatened to cut the throats of police and trading standards staff as they investigated internet scams that earned him more than £1.5 million, a jury was told yesterday.

Peter Francis-Macrae, 23, spent a fortune on designer clothes and learning to fly helicopters after allegedly tricking thousands of innocent victims in e-mail and website frauds run from the bedroom of his father’s terraced house.
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