Failed football-club buyer banned from UK financial services industry over ‘dishonesty’
By Martin Coyle ( August 14, 2026, 10:16 GMT | Insight) -- A businessman who tried to buy an English football club by falsely claiming he had a €200 million bond portfolio has been banned from the UK’s finance industry and fined almost £500,000. Paul Taylor was identified in newspaper reports as the “mystery buyer” in talks with Reading, who play in England’s third tier, over a proposed multimillion-pound deal for the club.A businessman who tried to buy an English football club by falsely claiming he had a €200 million bond portfolio has been banned from the UK’s finance industry and fined almost £500,000....
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