Serial Ponzi promoter Simon Stepsys, 55, sold himself as an internet millionaire, posing with supercars.
His plugs to ‘get rich’ schemes were linked to further ‘misleading’ schemes Warrington Magistrates’ court (UK) heard he spent almost £200k on ‘living costs’.
He was sentenced to 16 weeks jail suspended for a year after he pleaded guilty.
A former road sweeper-turned-businessman who ran a ‘get rich quick’ scheme has avoided jail for failing to keep proper accounting records – but has gone bust owing the taxman £171,000.
Simon Stepsys, 55, from Nantwich, Cheshire, UK sold himself as an internet millionaire and flaunted his wealth over social media, with photographs of him posing with a Porsche, Bentley, Cuban cigars, gold watches and rings.
The former road sweeper’s plugs for the scheme, which promised £5,000-a-day returns to investors, turned out to be links to further ‘get rich’ schemes, He was subsequently told to stop making the claims by the Advertising Standards Authority which ruled them unproven and misleading.
Stepsys was sentenced to 16 weeks jail suspended for a year at Warrington Magistrates’ court after he pleaded guilty to failing to keep proper accounting records. He was banned from being a director of the company for seven years in 2020.
Stepsys was also ordered