An alleged investment fraud that has left Manchester United star Scott McTominay and other investors facing major losses is being investigated.
The lending firm, run by 27-year-old McTominay’s fiancée Cameron Reading and her dad Ashley, collapsed into administration last September. It lent out investors’ money at higher interest rates and bought properties in Dubai, Spain and the UK.Now it has emerged the failed company is being probed by the Metropolitan Police, who said: “Officers from the economic crime team are investigating allegations of fraud. It follows a referral from Action Fraud. There have been no arrests.
The transaction resulted in an overall loss of about £3.1million, “all of it funded either directly or indirectly by the company’s investors”, Begbies Traynor administrators claims. Ashley Reading said he was assisting administrators. Cameron was approached for comment. A spokesman for McTominay, 27, said in November he had “no involvement” with Fortress.