A COUPLE who were due to move into their dream house found themselves caught up in a nationwide fraud probe. Richard and Lana Blacklidge were believed to be among scores of home-buyers who paid advance fees to get mortgages through a firm of London-based brokers. The Metropolitan Police launched an invesigation.
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