( June 11, 2026, 13:56 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Steven Murphy, a fraudster who took part in a scam that cost investors £8.2 million, has been ordered to pay £96,000 in a confiscation order, after a UK court found additional assets linked to him. Murphy, 50, was one of seven men who defrauded thousands of UK investors through Worldwide Bio Refineries, a sham company that was registered in east London but based in Spain. Murphy was jailed in 2011.Statement follows....
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