Overview

• Kevin Phelan, Daniel Giles and Adrian Bashforth were found guilty at Leeds Crown Court and are due to be sentenced in January, with prosecutors indicating significant prison terms.
• The court heard the Doncaster Rovers deal was used to explain away missing pension cash and to conceal the origins of the funds.
• Evidence outlined £3.7 million taken from more than 200 victims, with only £1.3 million returned.
• The proposed structure would have given 70% of the club to Belize-based Sequentia Capital, with 10% each for Tomlinson and former chairman John Ryan, backed by a crowdfunder targeting £6 million.
• The campaign raised about £600,000, including a £500,000 loan from a company linked to the gang, and the bid collapsed after meetings at Tomlinson’s Cheshire home and a signing in Dublin.