Romance fraudster who conned £175,000 out of his victim to fund lavish lifestyle of Rolexes and holidays abroad is ordered to pay back just £30,000 By Matt Strudwick Published: 02:34 EDT, 2 October 2024 | Updated: 02:39 EDT, 2 October 2024 e-mail View comments A romance fraudster who conned a woman out of £175,000 to fund a lavish lifestyle has been ordered to pay back just £30,000. Kye Hughes, 35, of Rochester, Kent, funnelled some of the cash into his personal account and spent it on lush holidays to Portugal and Turkey, Rolex watches, and splashing out £1,200 on Louis Vuitton products. He had scammed his victim by pretending he was a musician and for extra money invested in luxury watches, suggesting that if she did the same she would double her money.
Hughes received thousands of pounds from his victim who believed it was a legitimate scheme, and asked for more funds, promising a return on her investment which never materialised. The woman reported the fraud to the force and Hughes was arrested in 2019. Kye Hughes, 35, of Rochester, Kent, conned a woman out of £175,000 in a romance fraud but will only have to pay back £30,000 of his ill-gotten gains funnelled some of the cash into his personal account and spent it on lush holidays to Portugal and Turkey, Rolex watches, and splashing out £1,200 on Louis Vuitton products Hughes was jailed for three years in 2023, and now must hand over more than £30,000 by Christmas Eve or face another 12 months behind bars He was .
