The Serious Fraud Office has secured an additional £491,967 confiscation order against a man who conned British expats in Indonesia.
Alan Edwin Gardner, 57, defrauded a number of overseas investors through a fictitious investment scheme.
He targeted British expats by falsely claiming their money was being invested through reputable Swiss bank UBS AG.
Mr Gardner was convicted in June 2009 after an SFO investigation revealed how he had persuaded members of the expatriate community in Jakarta to hand over their savings on the false promise of generous returns, in some cases guaranteed.
While investors believed their money was growing, the funds were in reality spent by Mr Gardner on personal expenditure or used to offset betting losses.
Mr Gardner was sentenced to six years' imprisonment by Worcester Crown Court in June 2009.
The SFO has already secured £186,151 through a previous confiscation order, which Mr Gardner paid in full.
SFO investigators recently uncovered that Mr Gardner had acquired additional assets since his original confiscation order was made, including equity in two UK properties, luxury vehicles and a number of bank accounts.
The SFO acted swiftly to recover these and the funds will go back to the public purse.
Paul Napper, head of proceeds of crime and international assistance division at the SFO, said: "Alan Gardner exploited the trust of British people far from home, convincing them their savings were in safe hands while he spent every penny. A conviction is never the end of the road for the SFO, and our proceeds of crime team will always make sure crime never pays."
Mr Gardner was convicted on 22 June 2009 at Worcester Crown Court on 10 counts: six of obtaining money by deception contrary to section 15A of the Theft Act 1968, and four counts of false accounting contrary to section 17(1)(a) of the Theft Act 1968. He was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for each of the deception charges and three years for each of the false accounting charges, all to be served concurrently.
The original confiscation order of £186,151.16 was made at Hereford Crown Court on 11 December 2009. The order was paid in full on 24 March 2016, including £26,683.85 in interest accrued through late repayment.
The new confiscation order of £491,967.97 was granted at Hereford Justice Centre on 19 June.