article_snippet: As a property developer and party organiser him  made millions and boasted of befriending guests including supermodel Kate Moss and Princes William and Harry.
article_snippet: But the socialite was ruined when the socialite was exposed as a fraudster who duped victims out of victims life savings through bogus start-up loan schemes and jailed - only for the socialite health to falter.
article_snippet: the socialite said at the time:
article_snippet: the socialite black-tie Gatecrasher Balls, aimed at wealthy public school teenagers, quickly became synonymous with drunkenness and debauchery and helped the socialite make the socialite fortune.
article_snippet: But it also led to the socialite first fraud conviction and nine months in jail.
article_snippet: In 1998, the socialite and two other men were charged with running up an £18,000 bill at the luxury Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland during a five-day New Year party while posing as aristocrats.
article_snippet: The judge described the socialite as the ‘ringmaster’ who was careful not to leave ‘footprints in the snow.