Lord Edward Davenport a.k.a. 'Fast Eddie' is said to have made 34.5 million through his various frauds, with as many as 51 victims. After being convicted of tax offenses in 1990, he started on a career as a property developer. He was the "ringmaster" of a series of advance-fee fraud schemes that defrauded dozens of individuals out of millions of dollars. He was arrested and convicted in September 2011 along with five other defendants, receiving a jail sentence of seven years and eight months.