Poker strategy writer Nigel Goldman has been convicted in the UK of swindling eBay customers out of thousands of dollars in a rare coins scam.
Now the author of the book Makes a Million from Online Poker may be facing extradition to Spain where he is accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that allegedly bilked investors of millions.
Self-styled playboy Goldman fled Spain for his native UK around the time Spanish authorities first started investigating the Ponzi scheme allegations among the ex-pat community.
Poker Player
As a poker player, he had enjoyed a modicum of success in the country, once making the final table of the Marbella Classic, although, with tournament winnings of just $37,000 over the best part of a decade, it’s reasonable to assume that his “millions” came from sources other than poker.
His book, the title of which, perhaps tellingly, has the ring of a get-rich-quick scheme, is in fact very much a treatise for beginners and is therefore unlikely to result in the aforementioned millions.
Sentenced
Goldman, who changed his name by deed poll to “Howard Del Monte,” will be sentenced at Reading Crown Court on January 8th for two counts of fraud related to the eBay coin scam.
The court heard that he used his knowledge of rare coins to advertise the sale of gold sovereigns and South African krugerrands, which would be paid for but would never arrive.
Meanwhile, in Spain, lawyer Antonio Flores, representing the victims of the alleged investment fraud, has begun extradition proceedings against the author. If extradited and convicted he could face ten years in prison.
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