BBC broadcaster Stephen Nolan has revealed how a fraudster was able to steal £140,000 from his bank account through a series of fake cheques.
Speaking on his radio show on Tuesday, the presenter (43) opened up for the first time about the second major instance of fraud against him.
In 2014 it emerged that Nolan and TV presenter Eamonn Holmes had been defrauded by west Belfast man Jay Cartmill.
Cartmill received a two-year suspended jail sentence after admitting he had illegally accessed a credit card issued to Nolan on 42 separate occasions, to steal almost £18,000.
He also said he had attempted to take £30,000 from an account belonging to a company run by Holmes.
Speaking to Gloria Hunniford, who herself, has been the victim of a £120,000 scam Nolan explained how a man from Birmingham had recreated cheques and forged his signature in an enterprise worth £140,000.
"The signature on the cheques was nothing like mine, it was a complete scribble," he said.
"He wiped me my account out for something like £140,000," he told listeners.
Although the Belfast presenter was reimbursed by Santander, the fraud has raised further questions about the bank's security procedures and exposed the "farce" that Nolan has difficulty accessing his account.
"I can't get into my own account for goodness sake in telephone banking. The fraudsters can, but when I ring and they start asking me these details about me I forget the right answers," he added
Speaking on the Nolan Show, Gloria Hunniford warned others to be wary of their money.
"Don't assume that your money is safe, check it all the time," she said.
An older woman posing as the 76 year-old radio and TV star attended a London branch of Santander on June 3 last year and along with a woman who claimed to be the presenter's daughter and a fake grandson were able to produce banks details, ID and a bank card in Hunniford's name.
They filled in paperwork to access the account, including photocopying their passports, and within days had stolen £120,000 from the star.
Student Alan Dowie (18) from Surrey was given an 18-month suspended prison sentence for his part in the £120,000 scam, with police still searching for the two women involved.
