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A British Army guardsman who duped three women into paying him £33,300 after trading off his 'military glamour' on Tinder has been jailed for more than two years.
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Nathan Walker, 29, persuaded three victims to part with thousands of pounds in loans or by paying for items like tickets and phone top-ups.
He promised his victims a romantic future while trading off his 'military glamour' - but was actually feeding an £8,000 a month gambling addiction.
The Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria veteran's victims said they'd been forced to take out loans to cover their loss.
One woman said she couldn't see herself ever owning a house because her savings and credit rating had been decimated by Walker.
Another said she felt she'd let her son down by choosing to help a stranger rather than provide for her child.
He was jailed for two years and eight months at Winchester Crown Court on Tuesday.
Judge Jane Miller QC told the conman his offending had been 'systematic, calculated and despicable'.
Nathan Walker was jailed for two years and eight months at Winchester Crown Court, pictured, on Tuesday
She accused him of promising his victims a romantic future and trading off his 'military glamour'.
Walker's offending first came to light in 2018, when the mother of one of his victims - a vulnerable young woman - noticed money appear in her daughter's bank account then leave it.
It turned out that Walker had persuaded the young woman, who he had met on Tinder, to take out loans in her name totalling £15,000.
He even duped his victim into giving him the money from one loan, which he'd taken out without her knowledge, by saying his father had paid the money into her account so she thought it belonged to Walker.
The woman was so scared of the soldier it took two interviews with the police before she began to open up about what he'd done.
She said Walker had been in complete control. Thanks to her mother, the loans were stopped by the companies.
A second victim came to light during the course of detectives' investigations into the fraud against the younger woman.
She had met Walker online in 2017. He persuaded her to take out loans for him worth £15,000. He paid the monthly sums for a few months but then stopped.
The woman, who reported the matter to Action Fraud, was forced to take out a £16,500 loan to pay back the sum taken out by Walker.
He was arrested, interviewed and released under investigation in January 2019.
But within 12 days of his arrest, he had made a first request of his third victim, asking her for £100 to get home.
She was asked for money so he could buy a car, £50 to top up his phone, £112 for tickets and £380 for a train fare. It was agreed he had defrauded her out of more than £3,300.
Walker met the women on Tinder and traded off his 'military glamour' to dupe them into paying him money
Walker spent the money he conned from the women on betting, a car and at least one personalised number plate.
Prosecutor Mary Aspinall-Miles summarised impact statements written by two of Walker's victims.
One woman talked of having to ration her food, change where she shopped and live on a much tighter budget.
Another felt 'disgusted' with herself. 'She felt she let her child down, choosing to help a stranger - that is, Mr Walker - rather than providing for her son.'
The second woman said Walker sent her a Facebook message in January 2021 apologising for his actions and hoping that she and her son had a 'good future'.
Ms Aspinall-Miles said: 'This message unnerved her, but she did think it a pity he didn't think that way when he was taking her money.'
The investigation into the soldier was led by Wiltshire Police.
Walker, of Lille Barracks, Aldershot, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of fraud.
He had previous convictions in the courts martial for harassing a former partner and drink driving.
Tom Acworth, defending, said his client's relationship with a former partner had broken down in 2017.
He began gambling heavily, spending almost £3,200 with Bet365 in March 2018 and £8,700 in May 2018.
The barrister said: 'That problem is significant. Indeed, he has behaved on the face of the crown's case entirely selfishly, pursuing these three women for money in order to gamble it away and spend it on himself.
'But your honour will know from experience in other cases that selfish behaviour... is not uncommon behaviour from those that suffer from addiction be it gambling, be it drugs.'
Walker was said to have recognised the impact of his offending on his victims. Mr Acworth said: 'In his own words he 'hates himself' for it. It is something he simply couldn't see before.'
He had now stopped gambling, with his last bet placed in December. He had a child from a previous relationship.
A soldier for 12 years, he was awarded medals for service in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.
He was a lance corporal and, according to his superiors, was a candidate for promotion.
In the past year he had been in London supporting Covid testing sites. He suffered from poor mental health.
This story has been updated.
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There are two fundamental truths to life in the U.S. armed forces: ladies love a man in uniform, and PowerPoint is the devil. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Trent Somes has somehow found the perfect balance between the two.
Somes, a 19-year-old Marine Forces Reserve rifleman and student at Washington & Jefferson College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, recently tweaked his profile photos into the format of a terrible yet brilliant PowerPoint presentation on his extreme dateability. BEHOLD!
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This is genius. In an online dating ecosystem defined by rippling muscles and downrange selfies, there’s one thing every U.S. service member — active-duty or reservist, grunt or POG, boot or special operator — has in common: torture at the hands of long, boring, and largely indecipherable PowerPoint presentations.
After a few minutes of hearty chuckling, Task & Purpose called up Somes for a dating download.
So what’s your deal?
Nothing special, really! I grew up as a military brat: My dad was an Air Force pilot for 20 years, and after high school, I joined the reserves. I went straight to college after boot camp last year; this summer, I’m headed to the School of Infantry.
Where did you get the idea for this?
I decided to make a Tinder profile just for fun after a breakup, but I was getting kinda bored with it. At one point, I saw that other people had done some creative stuff with their profiles, so I decided to make it my own.
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What’s the reaction been?
Most people think its funny. I don’t go on it that often, but I’ve noticed that now I get matches every time I log on as opposed to before when I would go on and not get many.
Of course, I also got called a boot for putting my dress blues in there with my PFC chevron showing, so there’s that.
I think the best reaction all started with some random girl who saw my Tinder tweeting about it. Then a bunch of other military people tweeted about it. Then Lance Corporal Max retweeted it … that was so weird?
THIS MAN MADE A WHOLE TINDER POWERPOINT pic.twitter.com/WKTOYiEaRz
— ☮︎ 𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯 ☮︎ (@hopelessjordan) April 2, 2018
Have you had any takers for a date?
I have actually never been on a Tinder date.
YOU SON OF A BITCH!
[Laughter]
Do people get the relationship between the military and PowerPoint?
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Oh man, they should. Every time you go in you have to sit through at least one. I’ve had to sit through a few already, on the history and ethics of the Corps; sitting through all of them in public school sort of prepared me, I think.
Have you noticed anything distinct about military PowerPoints?
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Every PowerPoint I’ve ever seen has multiple grammatical and spelling errors. I think I had something spelled wrong in mine, and when people pointed it out to me I was like, oh God, I totally did this.
Any last words? Perhaps some dating advice?
I am really not the person to ask for dating advice. Maybe you should make the title, “Ladies Love A Man In Uniform.”
This story has been updated.
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