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Darius Guppy
Darius Guppy is a convicted British fraudster.
Educated at Eton, Guppy was convicted of swindling London's Lloyd's insurance market out of £1.8 million. Guppy's father had lost most of his fortune from Lloyd's collapse in the early 1990s; Darius Guppy staged a jewellery robbery to claim the money back, in revenge. He was caught, and sent to prison for six years.
He is a close friend of Earl Spencer, and the Conservative MP Boris Johnson. Guppy was notoriously recorded telephoning Johnson from prison, asking him for the address of a News of the World journalist who had reported on Guppy's fraudulent activities, and whom Guppy had wished to assault in revenge. Johnson did not oblige.
Last updated: 05-27-2005 21:22:31
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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