• Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech
Stories from SWNS
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Karim Tahseen Khayat: Seeds Training Services and Digital Services

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    From HID to LED

    From HID to LED

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Which elements should you have for a good landing page?

    Which elements should you have for a good landing page?

    4 IT Services Trends in 2022

    4 IT Services Trends in 2022

    Top 5 New Technologies in the Payment Industry For 2022

    Top 5 New Technologies in the Payment Industry For 2022

    Online casinos: A trend that grows daily

    Online casinos: A trend that grows daily

    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Karim Tahseen Khayat: Seeds Training Services and Digital Services

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    From HID to LED

    From HID to LED

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Which elements should you have for a good landing page?

    Which elements should you have for a good landing page?

    4 IT Services Trends in 2022

    4 IT Services Trends in 2022

    Top 5 New Technologies in the Payment Industry For 2022

    Top 5 New Technologies in the Payment Industry For 2022

    Online casinos: A trend that grows daily

    Online casinos: A trend that grows daily

    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
Stories from SWNS
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Fraudster cheats £500k out of women on dating sites

by
September 14, 2010
in News
0
0
SHARES
30
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A loverat fraudster cheated dozens of vulnerable women he met on dating websites out of £500,000 by telling them he was a terminally ill Parkinson’s sufferer, a court heard today.

David Checkley, 53 – dubbed ‘The Man with the Golden Tongue’ – arranged blind dates on the internet before spinning his victims a web of elaborate lies to garner their affection.

The callous Walter Mitty’s catalogue of lies included claims he needed money for a life-saving operation to cure his Parkinson’s disease and that he had met ‘fellow sufferer’ Michael J Fox.

Checkley also posed as a US fighter pilot and told victims he had served in Vietnam – despite only being 18 when the war finished.

He also duped women into handing over money for his various business dealings as an architect and property developer, promising he would repay the cash.

Checkley even proposed marriage in a bid to get women – some of whom he forced to re-mortgage their homes to part with their money – to settle his debts.

Police say American-born Checkley managed to swindle more than 30 women out of at least £500,000 and splashed the cash on flash sportscars and expensive designer watches.

Don Tait, prosecuting at Bristol Crown Court today, said: ”It is the Crown’s case that this defendant was a consummate fraudster – a man with a golden tongue.

”Between 2003 and 2009 he conned a substantial amount of money out of a number of ladies who believed they were all the sole object of his affections.”

Checkley met women on dating websites before convincing them he was a successful businessmen with the chance to make high-stakes investments.

He would claim to have business dealings in oil projects and building works, duping his victims into forking over hundreds of thousands of pounds.

When they tried to get their money back Checkley would become hostile and threatening.

Among his victims was Linda Miller, who met Checkley on a blind date in February 2003, when she was ”captivated by his charm”, the court was told.

She handed over £10,000 after Checkley told her he had Parkinson’s and desperately needed the cash for a life-saving operation after having met ‘Back to the Future’ star Michael J Fox.

Linda took out a £10,000 loan to help him, the interest on which was more than £240-a-month.

He then repeatedly told her he would repay the money but failed to do so.

Linda was forced to re-mortgage her home and confronted Checkley when another of his victims got in touch with her.

He denied the claims and said he must have had a stalker.

The court also heard how Checkley would juggle more than one relationship at a time before saddling the women with debts.

He used the cash to satisfy his penchant for fast cars – including Mercedes – and expensive watches.

Checkley told the women he was a US fighter pilot, an architect and a property developer.

He also said he was gravely ill and told women his son had died in an attempt to get his hands on the cash.

He even claimed he was a Vietnam war veteran – despite only being 18 when it ended in 1975.

Checkley, who carried out his scam between 2003 and 2009, was arrested after one victim complained to Avon and Somerset police.

The subsequent investigation led to another victim in Bath, and soon more were discovered in London, southeast England, and the Midlands.

One of Checkley’s ‘marks’ was even traced to the United States.

He was arrested on November 25 last year in London by the Metropolitan police and officers claim he may have had as many as 30 victims, many of which were too frightened or embarrassed to come forward.

The conman has previously been jailed for five years for false imprisonment and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm for his part in the killing of Channel 4’s Big Breakfast presenter Mark Levy in 2000.

Checkley pleaded guilty to 19 offences of fraud at Bristol Magistrates Court yesterday and was jailed for six years and ten months.

Follow SWNS on Facebook

Tags: CrimeOnline Datingpolice
Previous Post

Drag star: British schoolgirl is European drag racing champion

Next Post

‘Eleanor Rigby’ spy and war hero to get proper burial

Next Post

'Eleanor Rigby' spy and war hero to get proper burial

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected test

  • 114 Followers
  • 60k Followers
  • 172k Subscribers
  • 23.6k Followers
  • 99 Subscribers
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

March 5, 2014
The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

January 21, 2014
The horses thunder towards a jump at the Grand National

Amazing racehorse names which never made it

April 23, 2014
HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

January 14, 2019
Chris Fear, 33, outside the Coral betting shop which is refusing to pay out on his 485/1 winning bet

Boycott Coral! Bookmaker faces protest after refusing to pay out on a football fan’s 485/1 bet

184
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

147
Women feel invisible to the opposite sex at the age of 51, researchers found

Women begin feeling invisible to men ‘when they turn 51’

138
UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

105
How Amazon changed the way we shop

How Amazon changed the way we shop

June 29, 2022
Which elements should you have for a good landing page?

Which elements should you have for a good landing page?

June 27, 2022
4 IT Services Trends in 2022

4 IT Services Trends in 2022

June 24, 2022
Top 5 New Technologies in the Payment Industry For 2022

Top 5 New Technologies in the Payment Industry For 2022

June 15, 2022

Recent News

How Amazon changed the way we shop

How Amazon changed the way we shop

June 29, 2022
Which elements should you have for a good landing page?

Which elements should you have for a good landing page?

June 27, 2022
4 IT Services Trends in 2022

4 IT Services Trends in 2022

June 24, 2022
Top 5 New Technologies in the Payment Industry For 2022

Top 5 New Technologies in the Payment Industry For 2022

June 15, 2022
SWNS

SWNS all rights reserved. Copyright 2020

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Auto
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Celebrity
  • Gaming
  • Life
  • Lifestyle
  • News
  • Pictures
  • Property
  • Review
  • Sport
  • SWNS
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized

Recent News

How Amazon changed the way we shop

How Amazon changed the way we shop

June 29, 2022
Which elements should you have for a good landing page?

Which elements should you have for a good landing page?

June 27, 2022
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.

No Result
View All Result
  • Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.