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Former UK bank chief Flowers ordered to pay £184,000 over fraud

( September 24, 2025, 16:35 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Paul Flowers , a former chairman of the UK's Co-operative Bank, has been ordered to pay £184,000 to compensate an ill friend whom he defrauded, using the cash to pay for extravagant holidays, events, alcohol and home improvements. Flowers, who was jailed in July 2024 over the fraud, had power of attorney for his friend, who suffered from a brain disorder. A former church minister, Flowers was nicknamed the "crystal Methodist" following a newspaper exposé into his drug taking more than a decade ago, shortly after he resigned from his Co-op position.Statement follows....

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