Stylist Faces Fraud Charges, Clients Lose Millions

0:00On April 20th, a top personal shopper named Milda Chellingsworth just got hit with fraud charges totalling 277,000 pounds. The 43-year-old from Kent allegedly tricked clients into handing over cash by promising big profits from investing in Gucci handbags. She's the boss of two styling companies and faces three counts of fraud from 2019 to 2023. For services sound fancy, she charges 150 pounds an hour to help folks pack suitcases for trips and 680 pounds a day as a gift shopper. The prosecutors say she pocketed the money instead of buying those luxury bags as promised. One victim, Trevor Coop, lost 52,000 pounds between June 10th, 2019 and May 31st, 2021. Another, Patricia Navarro, got stung for 78,400 pounds around the same time in 2021. Then there's Mandy Gray, who she allegedly ripped off for 146,861 pounds and 63 pants

1:04by. Miss using business funds in 2023. Chellingsworth was set to show up at Bromley Magistrate's Court on Monday, but her lawyer said she had a big hearing at Bromley County Court that. Morning. Plus her daughter was sick. The judge wasn't thrilled but had to adjourn the case anyway. This saga shows how trust and high installments can backfire hard, hard keep an eye out as her legal battles heat up in the coming weeks.