A 41-year-old man has been charged with fraud and forgery offences involving more than 50 victims.

Phillip Henry Martin, of Church Lane, Little Linford, Bucks, was charged with the following: nine counts contrary to sections 1 and 2 of the Fraud Act 2006; one count contrary to sections 1 and 6 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1984; two counts contrary to section 993 of the Companies Act 2006.

The charges relate to incidents between March 2009 and December 2010 when people reported that they had invested in a property company and had given financial deposits for a portfolio of properties.

People reported that they had received neither the portfolio nor a refund of their deposits when demanded.

Also between July 2013 and February 2014 a series of false representations were made to solicitors representing a mortgage company and also to the county court regarding a property in Little Linford.

Martin was first arrested on suspicion of fraud on July 9, 2013. He is due to appear at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court on December 12.