United Kingdom, Sept. 20 -- Louis Tomlinson was reportedly unknowingly drawn into a pension fraud scheme.

A court heard the 33-year-old former One Direction singer was at the centre the fraud attempt when criminals allegedly tried to use his name in a failed 2014 bid to buy his boyhood club Doncaster Rovers.

Louis became the public face of a crowdfunding campaign that sought to raise £6 million for the takeover. At the time, he was at the height of his One Direction fame and had hoped to transform Doncaster Rovers into a competitive force.

However, Leeds Crown Court was told the main investors who pledged £500,000 towards the takeover were part of a gang involved in siphoning money from pensioners.

According to The Daily Mir...