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Melissa Caddick told one of the many clients she's accused of duping that she was wealthy in her own right and was only providing financial services 'to help people'. 'I don't need to do this,' she told Cheryl Olga Kraft-Reid whose redacted affidavit was one of 11 released by the Federal Court on Wednesday. 'I'm doing it to help people and it's very much restricted to family and friends.' Ms Kraft-Reid, the third member of her family to invest in Ms Caddick's company Maliver, is now at least $366,800 out of pocket and facing a more distant, poorer retirement. 'I set up myself physically, emotionally, mentally, professionally to work for seven more years - everything was in place - and now I anticipate having to work for another 15 years,' she said. Ms Kraft-Reid's family are among 72 clients who parted with more than $30 million between 2012 and 2020, expecting Ms Caddick or her company Maliver would invest it on their behalf. Mel

Alex Ray Scott is seen in a November mugshot during his arrest on lewd molestation charges in Tulsa An Oklahoma man accused of killing an antiques dealer he had a romantic affair with was back in court to face Manhattan Supreme Court judge on Thursday. Alex Ray Scott, 24, is facing murder, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property charges related to the death of 64-year-old Kenneth Savinski, who he is said to have met on a dating app. Savinski was found dead in his Upper East Side apartment on January 27, with a deep gash in his head and neck wounds. Just after midnight two days later, Scott walked into a Manhattan police station covered in blood, saying, 'I think I may have killed someone last night.'  DailyMail.com has reached out to his attorney, Jessica Horani, for comment on today's court appearance.   Scott, 24, was escorted into Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday as he faces charges of murder, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property S

A worker who ‘pulled a sickie’ to watch England’s semi-final win was sacked after her boss saw her on TV. Nina Farooqi, 37, made an excuse to dodge work in Yorkshire after her friend offered her a last-minute ticket to the historic night at Wembley. But the face of the digital content producer, from Ilkley, near Bradford, was beamed around the world when a TV camera zoomed in on her and her friend celebrating England’s equalising goal. Nina Farooqi, 37, made an excuse to dodge work in Yorkshire after her friend offered her a last-minute ticket to the historic night at Wembley When catching the 6am train back up north the next morning to be at work on time, Miss Farooqi said her boss phoned her to tell her not to bother coming in. She told The Daily Telegraph: ‘They said they’d seen I’d been at the game, and I was honest about why I did it. But I didn’t get any sympathy at all and they said that’s it. That’s their call and the consequence of what I did. ‘There is a bit of regret, no one

Criminals as well as those who fail to be granted asylum from Albania will face a more rapid return to their home country under a post-Brexit deal secured by Priti Patel last night. The agreement, signed by the Home Secretary with the eastern European country, will make it easier to remove convicted offenders. It will also make it simpler to move failed Albanian asylum seekers and those who have overstayed their visas. The deal – finalised by Miss Patel during an official visit to the capital of Albania, Tirana – will make the process of transferring Albanian criminals and those in conflict with their immigration status ‘easier and quicker’ The bilateral agreement with the nation will be seen as a major breakthrough after Brexit and could pave the way for similar deals with EU nations such as Poland. The deal – finalised by Miss Patel during an official visit to the capital of Albania, Tirana – will make the process of transferring Albanian criminals and those in conflict with their im

Jill Biden donned the dress she wore for her Vogue cover during a trip to Georgia to push people to get their COVID vaccine. She toured a pop-up vaccination site at a Savannah high school with Senator Raphael Warnock. Warnock, one of the state's two Democratic senators who won a January special election, is up for re-election next year and already a top Republican target. The first lady praised him repeatedly in her remarks. 'You've been in the Senate what less than a year now. But gosh, look at all he has done. You know, you've already delivered for this state,' she said, adding that Warnock invited her to come visit his home town.  Biden wore the blue Oscar de la Renta dress she donned in her cover shoot for the August edition of Vogue, where she was the subject of a flowery profile about her work as first lady. She often repeats her designer outfits. She has been touring the nation, focusing on states with low vaccine rates, to get more shots in the arms of Ameri

Teenagers who score one grade higher than their classmates across nine GCSE subjects are likely to earn up to £200,000 more in later life, research has found. They can expect to gain 'significantly' higher wages across their careers. The findings have established, for the first time, a link between attainment and lifetime earnings, said the Department for Education. Statisticians and economists at the DfE tracked more than two million young people in England over a 12-year period. They studied their GCSE grades between 2001/2 and 2004/5 as well as records from the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes dataset, which provides data on earnings. Information from the UK Labour Force survey was used to predict salaries up to retirement age. Teenagers who score one grade higher than their classmates across nine GCSE subjects are likely to earn up to £200,000 more in later life, research has found  Researchers estimated that the average GCSE pupil would go on to earn £1.3million in their

Children face an 'extremely low' one in 500,000 risk of dying from the coronavirus, researchers have found. In England, just 25 under-18s have died from Covid, which equates to around two in a million, experts said. Young people with pre-existing medical conditions, like heart disease and cancer, and severe disability, which can include cerebral palsy and autism, have a higher chance of becoming seriously ill from the virus. But the scientists - from three top British universities - said this risk is no higher then the risk from flu. Teenagers, black and obese children were also at higher risk from dying with Covid but these numbers were still very low, they found.  Researchers said their findings - which were published in three separate papers today - will help inform vaccine and shielding policy for under-18s. They will submit the studies to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation , the Department for Health and the World Health Organization . The findings come am

Uber users say they have been hit with surging prices for their usual rides, after the number of private hire drivers was decimated during the peak of the pandemic.  Some riders have complained of fare prices more than doubling in some cases and a lack of available drivers in the area, as customers feel the pinch after lockdown. Industry experts have warned that this may be the tip of the iceberg, and that there has 'never been a worse time' to be a private hire driver after price model changes. Denise Beighton took to Twitter to explain how a £10-15 four-mile trip unexpectedly ended up costing her £47.  She wrote: 'So Uber charged me £47 for a 4mile trip. How does anyone justify that? 'Also the app told me it would cost between £10-15. I complained to customer services and they've offered me a £10 credit note.' For another regular customer, her daily trip from Marylebone to Kensington High Street has more than doubled in price, from £7 to more than £18 in recen

All nine people on board a plane carrying skydivers died yesterday when it crashed near a Swedish airport. The aircraft, which was said to be carrying eight skydivers along with one pilot, went down outside Orebro at around 7.20pm on Thursday, local media reveal.    One person sustained serious injuries and was rushed to hospital, Swedish newspaper Goteborgs-Posten reports, but died later. The small propeller plane came down roughly 100 metres away from an airstrip, sparking a fire to break out at the scene.  Ten ambulances were among the emergency services rushing to the incident.  The fire has now been put out. Officers stand next to the wreckage of crashed plane at Orebro Airport, Sweden, July 8 A small aircraft is seen after crashing at Orebro Airport, Orebro, Sweden, July 8 Carl-Johan Linde, press manager at the Swedish Maritime Administration, said that the plane crashed near to the runway fairly soon after taking off. The aircraft had been rented for the week from Skane Parachut

More  than two million clinically vulnerable Britons will be warned to limit social contact when Covid restrictions are lifted on July 19. Ministers are to issue advice in the coming days to the millions who 'shielded' at home during the first lockdown last year. Sources said the advice would 'set out the risks' involved in exploiting the new freedoms – but would not tell them to stay at home. Sources said advice for the clinically vulnerable from July 19 would 'set out the risks' involved in exploiting the new freedoms – but would not tell them to stay at home (stock image) 'There were so many downsides to shielding, such as isolation, and the vaccine programme means we are in a very different situation to last year,' a source said.  'But it is right to remind the most vulnerable that there are still risks.' All clinically vulnerable people have been offered two vaccine doses which slashes their risk of serious illness.  But health minister Lord

A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was stabbed to death on a night of bloodshed in south London on Monday, the Metropolitan Police has said. The boy, who has been named as 16-year-old Keane Flynn-Harling, was discovered suffering from stab injuries in Lambeth. The Met said the man was arrested on Thursday afternoon and remains in custody at a south London police station. A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after Keane Flynn-Harling was stabbed to death in south London on Monday Officers were called to Oval Place just before midnight and attended along with members of the London Ambulance service - but the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the victim's next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers. Enquiries remain ongoing and the Met have urged anyone with further information to come forward. Just hours earlier, a 15-year-old boy was killed in Woolwich, south