According to this, James Taylor - a former associate of Grant Bovey, who managed to escape before the ship sank - is attempting to sell big old Gordon House in Richmond-upon-Thames for a whopping £25m. It's a big house, in a posh area, with a major architectural heritage... but:

Shortly before it was sold to Taylor [at the top of the market], Octagon, the developer which then owned the property, valued it at about £13m.

What's going on?

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