‘Wolf of Essex’ used names of TV characters to con victims out of £1,000,000

James Gillingham, 38, ran a team of cold-callers posing as brokers who ‘callously’ duped people into handing over their life savings (Picture: City of London Police)

A fraudster dubbed ‘The Wolf of Essex’ after masterminding a £1million Ponzi scheme has been jailed for more than five years.

James Gillingham, 38, ran a team of cold-callers posing as brokers who ‘callously’ duped people into handing over their life savings between June 2015 and October 2016.

Taking aliases from TV dramas and f...