A 'seasoned con artist' who posed as a cruise ship captain to sell phoney luxury holidays to friends and family has been jailed. Jody Oliver, 44, dressed up in a P&O naval costume to con victims out ...

Quite simply, Oliver – whose make-believe existence as a cruise ship boss earned him the title Captain Hogwash – is among the most memorable criminal cheats I’ve encountered during half-a-century in ...

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Jody Oliver, 44, dressed as cruise ship seaman and lied to his targets about holidays with huge discounts. Newport Crown Court heard he admitted stealing £320,315 in a fraud the judge called an ...

A bogus cruise-ship captain who conned tourists out of £270,000 has been ordered to pay back £1. Serial fraudster Jody Oliver, 45, dressed as a P&O skipper and sold cruises that were fake. The “Walter ...