{"id":381795,"date":"2026-09-24T19:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-man-pretended-to-be-the-duke-of-ahlbeck-to-scam-unwitting-victims-out-of-thousands\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T19:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:00:23","slug":"this-man-pretended-to-be-the-duke-of-ahlbeck-to-scam-unwitting-victims-out-of-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-man-pretended-to-be-the-duke-of-ahlbeck-to-scam-unwitting-victims-out-of-thousands\/","title":{"rendered":"This man pretended to be the &#8216;Duke of Ahlbeck&#8217; to scam unwitting victims out of thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WkBah1Mq59U\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"This man pretended to be the 'Duke of Ahlbeck' to scam unwitting victims out of thousands\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WkBah1Mq59U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A serial fantasist from Nottinghamshire, who falsely claimed to be a doctor and a lord, has been jailed for four years, after committing fraud totalling more than \u00a3200,000.<\/p>\n<p>Darren Anderson has been described as a &quot;Walter Mitty&quot; character, who set up companies under a number of aliases, including the 18th Duke of Ahlbeck.<\/p>\n<p>So how did Anderson use his various identities to commit the fraud?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A serial fantasist from Nottinghamshire, who falsely claimed to be a doctor and a lord, has been jailed for four years, after committing fraud totalling more than \u00a3200,000. Darren Anderson has been described as a &quot;Walter Mitty&quot; character, who set up companies under a number of aliases, including the 18th Duke of Ahlbeck. 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