MAFS star Dan Webb faces court charged with fraud over a multi-million dollar telemarketing scam

Former Married At First Sight star Daniel Webb faced court on Monday over his alleged involvement in an elaborate phone scam.

The 36-year-old and 10 other people have been charged with fraud, while some also face charges of money laundering.

Webb is alleged to have been part of a cold-calling scheme in 2013 that manipulated people to invest in a ‘boiler room scam’.

The reality TV star appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday, charged with aggravated fraud.

The prosecution will argue the scam raked in about $24million.

Webb rose to fame on Channel Nine dating show Married At First Sight in 2019. He was unsuccessfully partnered with Tamara Joy.

During the experiment, he had an affair with co-star Jessika Power.

He and Power were controversially allowed to re-enter the experiment as a new couple after their secret unravelled at a commitment ceremony.

But things didn’t last, and they memorably broke up during a live episode of Talking Married, which aired immediately after the Married At First Sight finale in April 2019.

After the show ended, Webb said he was ‘heckled’ by angry viewers in the street.

‘I could never go back to that show. I’d be heckled. I get heckled on the street enough as it is, imagine going back on there again!’ he told Daily Mail Australia.

But Webb insisted his fling with Power, 29, actually made for good television, even if it didn’t win them many fans.