Some 200 investors who paid out an estimated £19million in a suspected fraud fear they may never get their money back.
Victims handed their 'hard-earned savings' over to holiday lodge schemes marketed by two estate agents.
They were offered lodges in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland at two sites called Landal Barnsoul and Landal Barncrosh, with investors believing Landal was referring to the well-known European holiday operator Landal Greenparks.
But the company behind the suspected scam was called Apple Invest - which, according to those acting for the aggrieved investors, had not obtained planning permission for one of the sites, and had no affiliation with the Landal name.
The investors are blaming Andrew Anderson, director of Apple Invest, for their predicament.
