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Kevin Foster (born 1958/1959) is an English investment fraudster, convicted of 14 counts of deception and theft in relation to his operation of a £34m (approx $51m) Ponzi scheme, which ran from 2002 to 2004. By the time Foster was stopped, police discovered his scheme, originally called ''KF Concept'' but later renamed to ''Phase 9'', had taken money from 8,500 investors, mainly drawn in through his series of flamboyant roadshows across the UK. In 2010, Foster was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, though that was reduced to 9 years on appeal after several convictions were overturned. == Trial and conviction == On 9 March 2010, Kevin Foster was convicted, at Harrow Crown Court in northwest London, after a seven-week trial which began on 18 January 2010.〔(Serious Fraud Office - ''KF Concept £34 million Ponzi scheme organiser convicted'' )〕〔(BBC - ''Gambler warned he faces jail over £34m pyramid scheme'' )〕〔(Mail - ''Fraudster who conned investors in £34m 'pyramid' scheme found guilty of 14 counts of theft and deception'' )〕〔(Herald Sun - ''Man guilty of $56m pyramid scams'' )〕 Foster faced 8 charges under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and 8 offences under the Theft Act 1968. The jury found him guilty on 14 of the charges, but acquitted him of one theft charge in relation to £220,000 of cash found at his home, and failed to reach a verdict on another relating to a Ferrari Spyder he owned.〔〔 On 16 April 2010 Foster was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. At the sentencing hearing, Judge Nick Madge described the fraud as being "a substantial and deliberate course of conduct that was sophisticated and elaborate".〔(Financial Times Advisor - ''Ponzi fraudster jailed for 10 years'' )〕 At appeal, on 31 March 2011, Foster’s theft convictions were ruled unsafe and overturned, and his sentence was reduced to 9 years.〔(Kent Online - ''Conman Kevin Foster has sentence reduced'' )〕〔(This is Kent - ''£34m conman Kevin Foster has his sentence cut at Court of Appeal'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kevin Foster (fraudster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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