Financial adviser faces £762k bill for scamming Scottish widow

Gordon Couch, a financial adviser who scammed a Scottish widow with dementia, is being pursued for £762,597 under proceeds of crime laws.

Mr Couch was convicted of embezzling £170,000 belonging to Marjorie Stewart before and after her death in an Edinburgh nursing home. He admitted charging Ms Stewart up to £1000 a day to read bank statements to her.

Mr Couch was found guilty after a trial at the city’s Sheriff Court and he faces a long prison sentence, The Daily Record reports.


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