By Daniel Bates PUBLISHED: 03:44 EST, 24 July 2013 | UPDATED: 03:18 EST, 25 July 2013 Fast cars, speedboats, yachts … these three men lived a life of luxury, and were more than happy to flaunt their apparent good fortune to the world. Except Richard Pope, Paul Gunter and Simon Odoni didn’t owe their flashy lifestyles to luck. They owed them to an elaborate scam which fleeced 2,300 people out of £85million. The three conmen have now been jailed for a total of 43 years at a court in America. 'Arrogant': Paul Gunter, seen aboard Richard Pope's boat No Slack, had built up a portfolio of 26 homes using money stolen from thousands of victims
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Paul Gunter, Richard Pope and Simon Odoni lived life of luxury in U.S.
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'Ruthless' trio jailed for a collective 43 years at a court in Florida
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Employed people to cold call victims and convince them to buy shares
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Many victims lost their entire live savings - one was driven to suicide
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Ripped off UK investors to pay for yachts, sports cars and private jet travel
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Gunter used stolen money to build up portfolio of 26 properties
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