The BBC have uncovered an alleged scam whereby hundreds of East European workers have been conned by a promise of non-existent jobs at the London 2012 Olympic site.
550 Slovakians paid cash deposits of £600 to convicted fraudster Nigel Lewis, who is based in East London. They were promised accommodation on a cruise ship in Docklands, and jobs on the site of the Olympic Village.
Mr Lewis has insisted that he made no profit from his UK Cruise Line venture.
The BBC will show the programme today, in which they claim that Mr Lewis advertised for catering staff and tradesmen to work in East London.
After deposits were transferred to Mr Lewis's firm UK Cruise Line Ltd in 2006, the BBC alleges he vanished.
BBC London tracked him down to a hotel in Dartford, on 1 September, and quote him:
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I've worked on this project almost 12 months solid and I've got nothing for it, just heartache."
He also said he had intended to buy three cruise ships and secure jobs at the Olympic site but that "it just went out of control".
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