An art dealer ex of a Made in Chelsea star faces 20 years in a US prison over a £16 million scam.
Inigo Philbrick, 34, admitted to conning investors out of millions of pounds and told a judge he did it all 'for the money'.
When the 'serial swindler' was uncovered in November 2019, he failed to appear for court hearings in both London and Miami, cities in which he owns art galleries, before he was eventually arrested by the FBI on the Pacific island of Vanuatu.
A court heard the lucrative scam helped finance his lavish 'lifestyle', with Philbrick appearing as an expert on art business conferences and his offices registered in Grosvenor Street, Mayfair.
He also has a baby with Made in Chelsea's Victoria Baker-Harber, whom he began dating in 2017.
His then partner gave birth to daughter Gaia in November last year, with the Made in Chelsea socialite posting pictures of her first birthday on Instagram earlier this month.
Inigo Philbrick pictured with former partner Victoria Baker-Harber, of Made in Chelsea fame, whom he had a baby with last year
Philbrick (pictured) has admitted conning investors out of millions of pounds and told a judge he did it all 'for the money'
Philbrick (right) attends the opening of a Jean Royere Exhibition at Galerie Patrick Seguin London on February 25, 2016
Philbrick was arrested in June last year following allegations he sold the same art works to different investors, sometimes at inflated prices, in order to get money to pay for another, reported The Telegraph.
It was alleged he resold an artwork for £4.1m in 2019, only for one person to claim they held 100 per cent of it and another two 50 per cent each.
He came to the attention of police in November 2019, but fled the US.
Not even Ms Baker-Harber was aware of his whereabouts before he was arrested
