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Fraudster jailed over £13.7m pension scam - 245 people were duped out of life savings

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A pensioner from Rochdale has been jailed for more than four years for her role in a multi-million pound pension scam that saw almost 250 people duped out of life savings.

Fraudsters Susan Dalton, 66, and Alan Barratt, 62, helped con 245 victims out of a total of £13.7 million between 2012 and 2014, a court was told.

A man said to have been the scam's 'mastermind' - David Austin - took his own life in 2019 after being invited for a police interview under caution, a judge was told.

Dalton, from Brookdale near Syke, Rochdale, and Barratt, of Burnham Road in Althorne, Essex, both admitted one count of fraud by abuse of position.

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