Empty promise ends with ultimate criminal chancer back behind bars He hoodwinked businesses claiming family members had died A serial fraudster who claimed to have turned his life around is back in jail for his “wicked” lies to deceit businesses in Hull. “I was initially angry by what was written about me but I realised I was ashamed by what I had done”. It would seem that Porter’s determination to live a life on the straight and narrow did not last long as he appeared at Hull Crown Court on Friday (July 2) to be sentenced for nine counts of fraud.