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Derek Klein
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'''Derek Klein''' is a British stamp dealer, collector and self-employed accountant, who spent 16 months in jail in 2007-08 for "stealing £70,000 from two parishes in Norfolk over a period of more than 20 years." He used the money for "an internet gambling addiction and his obsession with stamps".<ref name="auto">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="auto1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Klein's collection of 100,000 [[first day cover]]s weighed about three tons.<ref name="standard.co.uk">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 2008, Klein persuaded the judge at Norwich Crown Court, who had wanted to sell Klein's entire collection at auction, to let him sell it piecemeal on eBay, saying that he could raise four times as much.<ref name="auto"/> In 2013, the decision was vindicated, when Klein finished paying off his debt.<ref name="auto1"/> Had Klein not been successful, he would have had to spend two more years in prison.<ref name="standard.co.uk"/>
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:British stamp dealers]]
[[Category:British fraudsters]]
[[Category:British accountants]]
February 18, 2019 at 11:43PM
