I’ve mentioned on here before but my background is legal and a portion of my corporate days were spent in fraud, specifically around investigating individuals in various settings. The two categories, broadly, tended to be the stupid or the psychopathic. So incapable of doing things properly and mess up, or purposely do it but there is a specific game plan. Then you have the rare few; the absolute True Con Man. There is no logic, it becomes more reckless, there are several motivations on the go and crucially - they will not stop and are a million times harder to pin down. There seems to be some sort of perverse joy in the whole thing for them, and massively compulsive behaviour. This is why I have always been so resolute in the con man argument with James. I have met his sort before and they are bloody terrifying when let loose, as we have seen repeatedly.
The reality is that without a specialist team (I can only hope Lancs Police have a good one), and a bloody determined lead investigator, justice will not be done. This absolutely needs looking at as a serious criminal matter and I wouldn’t be surprised if he is being talked about by the Vulnerable Adults Team in the local authority. He targets vulnerable people and had admittedly taken money he shouldn’t. He is a bloody crook.
And just as a side note, whilst I remember, as my fella made a good, basic point whilst I was getting enraged by the details - if James loves Depher so much, if he cares so much about the work - why wouldn’t he just step away completely? He has completely poisoned the well and it gets worse the longer he stays. No shame at all.
