London mum left penniless by Tinder predator who posed as businessman in fake investment scam

Harkins is serving a 12-year sentence for offences against 10 women in Scotland, including rape, assaults, secretly recording intimate videos and defrauding more than £214,000. He cultivated an online persona as a wealthy, jet-setting “gym rat”, but in reality ran a series of scams involving fake holiday bookings, bogus business investments and pressure on women to take out loans of up to £12,000. Some victims were left with long-term debt or forced into bankruptcy.