A bankrupt conman is again being pursued by furious developers in a dispute over a multimillion-dollar property deal on Melbournes fringe, as the corporate regulator faces pressure to act on years of warnings about the faux French fraudster.
Henri-Claude Louis Philippe Du Pont, who was born in regional Tasmania as Phillip Wickham before taking on his elaborate French name, is facing a new legal dispute over a 40-home development.
From teen footy star to faux French fraudster: Phillip Wickham as a teenager in 1970, and outside Ringwood Magistrates Court in 2020 using the name Henri Du Pont.
The latest controversy has prompted fresh questions about the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which last year receive…
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