This season, Manchester United midfield star McTomini has been on a roll on the pitch, but has suffered an untoward incident in his private life. According to The Sun, McTomini had invested up to £1 million (about HK$10 million) in a company. However, this company declared bankruptcy and was only expected to return 10% of his principal. What is even more surprising is that the owner of this company is even the "prospective foreign father" of McTommy. This inevitably makes people sigh that the world is unpredictable and even the "prospective foreign father" cannot be trusted.
The bankrupt company, called Capital Partners, had a business model that involved borrowing money from investors for "water" and then lending it out to major institutions at higher interest rates. Numerous stars and celebrities, including McDonald Minnie and singer Shane Lynch, Shuffleboard manager Byrne and others have invested in it. Sadly, the company went bust last year, with 230 victims owed £18 million.
Interestingly, the company was actually run by McTominney's "grandfather-to-be", and McTominney's fiancée, Cameron, also held a senior position at the company. As the company is not recognized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, investors are not covered by the statutory Financial Indemnity Scheme and are only expected to recover 10% of their capital.
The bankruptcy of Capital Partners has caused huge losses for investors. The Sun reported that many of the victims were extremely unhappy with the "foreign father-to-be" and his family's flaunting of their lavish lifestyle on social media. The hotel's frequent postings on social media of their lavish lifestyle, including stays in five-star hotels and family vacations to Dubai on private jets, seemed to rub salt in the victims' wounds.
