rsherdley published Fraudsters ordered to pay almost £400,000 to their victims

Victims of a Newark-based gang who were scammed out of cash are to receive a slice of a massive compensation payout.A judge ruled £385,345.75 will be used as compensation for the victims, with father and son Alan and Matthew Appleyard's assets covering the bill.The pair, of Low Bentley, Halifax, were jailed for four years in 2015 after being part of a gang who scammed elderly Nottinghamshire residents out of hundreds of thousands of pounds by posing as experts in wills law.A proceeds of...