Cancer patient lost life savings to whisky barrel scammers
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Jay Evans was among hundreds duped into ploughing millions of pounds into casks that were overpriced or did not exist.

Investors buy a cask of whisky when it is first produced and then hope that it rises in value as the spirit ages in the barrel.

It takes three years for spirit to become Scotch whisky in a cask, and investors are encouraged to keep barrels for up to 10 years or more to maximise returns.