Married accountant stole £500,000 to splash out on 高級な gifts for his wife and blonde model mistress

• Darren Upton コースを変えるd （弁護士の）依頼人s' 税金 money into his own bank account
• The £500,000 total 含むs losses to （弁護士の）依頼人s he stole from and the taxman
  
• He met Victoria Fraenzel on internet dating 場所／位置 and lavished her with gifts
• Upton bought her a Mercedes and Mulberry handbags

By Chris Brooke for the Daily Mail
Updated: 08:42 BST, 10 February 2012

Victoria Fraenzel had no idea that Upton was a married father-of-one

To his （弁護士の）依頼人s, he was a happily married accountant who they 信用d to look after their 事件／事情／状勢s.

But in reality, Darren Upton was stealing hundreds of thousands of 続けざまに猛撃するs from them so he could live a 高級な lifestyle and keep a glamorous mistress.

The 40-year-old had begun a 関係 with blonde model Victoria Fraenzel, 36, after using an internet dating website and pretending to be 選び出す／独身.

He bought her sexy lingerie, 始める，決める her up in an £800 a month flat, gave her spending money and 供給するd her with designer 着せる／賦与するs and Mulberry handbags.

Upton also paid for Bentley and Maserati cars with personalised number plates for himself and his wife, splashed out on a £10,000 box at 物陰／風下d 部隊d football club and even spent £3,000 on a model 鉄道.

行方不明になる Fraenzel had no idea her lover was married with an 18-month-old child until she rang his office and was put in touch with his wife Tina, 物陰／風下d 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 was told.

In total the accountant left 33 （弁護士の）依頼人s and the taxman with losses of more than half a million 続けざまに猛撃するs.

Yesterday Upton was 刑務所，拘置所d for six years after admitting 15 詐欺 offences between January 2010 and June last year. He asked for 23 類似の offences to be taken into consideration.

Upton, who had 以前 been 調査／捜査するd and 軍隊d to 支払う／賃金 補償（金） for an unauthorised 投資 計画／陰謀, had continued to commit offences when he was on 保釈（金）.

Passing 宣告，判決, 裁判官 Sally Cahill, QC, said the 罪，犯罪s were committed for ‘pure selfish greed’.

She told him: ‘You were 完全に dishonest and 動機づけるd by greed. This was a 甚だしい／１２ダース 違反 of 信用, it was planned from the 相殺する and fraudulent from the 相殺する.

'I consider this to be professional 感情を害する／違反するing at a high level.’

起訴するing, Nick Worsley said the 被告 was director of Upton and Co Accountants in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and his wife worked as the company 長官.

The 会社／堅い had around 800 （弁護士の）依頼人s, おもに small （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 科学（工学）技術 companies.
Instead of 支払う／賃金ing his （弁護士の）依頼人s’ 会社／団体 税金 to Her Majesty’s 歳入 and Customs, Upton used their cash and コースを変えるd it into his own account for personal use.

The total value of his 詐欺 was £532,000.

His （弁護士の）依頼人s even ended up having to 支払う／賃金 刑罰，罰則s for 未払いの 税金 when his 罪，犯罪s were exposed.
Upton, of Woodlesford, 物陰／風下d, made excuses when questions arose and 結局 staff at his 会社／堅い 報告（する）／憶測d him to the police.

Darren Upton met make-up artist and part time model Victoria Fraenzel on a dating website

Family man: The home in 物陰／風下d where Upton lives with his wife Tina and their 18-month-old child

Mr Worsley said many of the （弁護士の）依頼人s he deceived felt 全く betrayed as they regarded him as a friend, while one even had Upton as a guest at his wedding.

Other 犠牲者s said their 商売／仕事s had been left の近くに to 崩壊（する） and they had 苦しむd ill health. One said: ‘I am 絶対 荒廃させるd I have been left in this position and it has had a 大規模な 影響 on my 商売／仕事.’

He said he could no longer take on staff because of Upton’s betrayal. The main 受益者 of Upton’s greed and spending was 行方不明になる Fraenzel, a? make-up artist and part-time model.

After 会合 her in October 2010, Upton paid the deposit and rent on a flat in Salford for her to use, the 法廷，裁判所 heard.

He began 支払う／賃金ing for a Mercedes sports car for her and gave her a living allowance. He bought her 着せる／賦与するs from Harvey Nichols, Mulberry handbags and Ann Summers lingerie.

The 法廷，裁判所 heard they enjoyed nights out at Hilton hotels and she considered herself to be his girlfriend until she discovered he was married.

James Littlehayles, defending, （人命などを）奪う，主張するd Upton made a 合法的 年次の 利益（をあげる） of £250,000, but began 感情を害する／違反するing because he was 軍隊d to 返す £840,000 to the 財政上の Services 当局 in 月毎の instalments of £10,000 in 関係 with the earlier unauthorised 投資 計画／陰謀, which had not led to 犯罪の 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s.