Supercar hire firm ripped off weddings and terminally ill fans as influencer boss blew cash at Gucci & Harrods

A SUPERCAR hire firm ripped off terminally ill customers and wedding hopefuls while their influencer boss splashed cash at Harrods, Gucci and Prada. Andrew Brown boasted on Instagram about being a “scammer” and posted videos of himself surrounded by glamorous women. Andrew Brown is the boss of a supercar hire firm that routinely failed to deliver Ferraris and Lamborghinis to customers Credit: Instagram Brown pictured with a woman in her underwear on his social media Credit: doctortroller/Instagram His firm, Classic Parade Ltd, offered luxury motors to brides and grooms, influencers and even for terminally ill people wanting to ride in a supercar for their bucket list. The company charged fees running into thousands of pounds but the motors never arrived. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Brown, 46, billed his company “the UK’s #1 Supercar Hire Service” and “the largest collection of supercars ready to hire with next day nationwide delivery”. The High Court heard the company allegedly cancelled bookings at short notice for “spurious reasons” and issued refunds – leaving its customers in the lurch – including one groom on his wedding day. Brown’s company charged fees running into thousands of pounds but the motors never arrived Credit: Instagram Brown, who filmed himself with glamorous women in videos on social media, blew cash at Gucci and Harrods Credit: doctortroller/Instagram The company was formally wound up in the Rolls Building at the High Court this week. Insolvency Service officials are investigating Classic Parade Ltd after £1.4m passed through company bank accounts without explanation and failed to honour agreements with customers. Operating from a Knightsbridge address – although having no physical presence there – at least 48 complaints were made to Action Fraud, with alleged losses totalling £220,675. Complainants included a customer who had booked a Mercedes G63 AMG for his wedding day, and another who had arranged a luxury hire as a special gift for a terminally ill family member. Most read in The Sun At the same time, company bank records showed what appeared to be personal spending at Harrods, Gucci and Prada, which Andrew Brown failed to explain. Judge Sally Barber said Classic Parade Ltd operated as “an advanced fee fraud” and was a “continuing risk to the public”. She said: “The company has been operating an advanced fee fraud taking substantial amounts from members of the public for hire of luxury vehicles, cancelling at the last minute for spurious reasons, and promising refunds and failing to supply them.” The judge added: “I’ve found there is no evidence of legitimate trading. Brown had boasted of being a scammer online Credit: doctortroller/Instagram The company and Brown did not attend the hearing and has not made any attempt to engage with the Insolvency Service Credit: doctortroller/Instagram “The company’s lack of commercial probity is a striking feature of this case.” Joanna Caswell, Chief Investigator at the Insolvency Service, said: “Customers who had saved for special occasions, including a wedding and a gift for a terminally ill family member, were left out of pocket and without the experience they had paid for.” More than £1.4m passed through its bank accounts, but the director failed to provide any information to explain these transactions, or attend an interview with the Insolvency Service. Payments of £166,893 were made to the director personally, a further £121,847 to what the Insolvency Service understands is his partner, Maya Murad, and £28,154 on apparent personal expenditure at retailers including Harrods, Gucci and Prada. Brown did not attend the hearing and has not made any attempt to engage with the Insolvency Service, the court heard. The Official Receiver has been appointed liquidator of Classic Parade Ltd. Sally Walker, for the Insolvency Service, said Classic Parade’s website described the company as the UK’s “number one chauffeuring and supercar hire service, celebrating 20 years of service.” It claimed to have offices in Knightsbridge, Manchester and Edinburgh. Insolvency Service investigators identified at least 14 customers who paid hire charges and security deposits for services which were never delivered, the court heard. Twelve County Court judgements totalling £66,225 were registered against the company between September 2023 and October 2024 by customers attempting to recover their money. Evidence was uncovered of the company behaving aggressively towards customers who posted negative reviews online, threatening legal action against them. In one case, the director threatened to post damaging reviews of a customer’s own business unless the negative review was removed. Investigators were also unable to establish the full extent of Classic Parade Ltd’s trading.