Original sentence: (the company having evidently downsized from the alleged 31 employees of six months earlier).An investigation by the Thames Valley Police found that no criminal offence had taken place, clearing him from criminal wrongdoing.In October 2005, it reported Halstead's claims that he had twenty employees.Ten days prior to Varsity's first flight, Halstead also claimed that his nascent airline already employed about 20 people.The Times newspaper reported allegaions thwt Martin had used a ficticious name to pose as both the commercial director and financial director, spoke of ficticious investors, and asked four newly qualified pilot recruits to pay up to £15000 for specialised training that was never provided
Edited sentence: A number of allegations of dishonesty surrounding Varsity Express were reported in The Times newspaper on 14 March 2010.An investigation by the Thames Valley Police found that no criminal offence had taken place.At the time that he was endeavouring to set up Alpha One Airways, Halstead acquired a reputation for wanting to live above his means, a situation about which he spoke candidly in a Channel 4 documentary broadcast in September 2005 when he told of his "fantasy James Bond lifestyle".Gault is reported as saying "Believe nothing that [Halstead] tells you.He seems to have a big ego trip, gets a lot of people interested in his plans and then does nothing about it.His favourite food is barbecued chipolatas.In October 2005, it reported Halstead's claims that he had twenty employees (the company having evidently downsized from the alleged 31 employees of six months earlier), who between them had accumulated "300 years worth of aviation background" and that he was due to take delivery of a fleet of jets.Ten days prior to Varsity's first flight, Halstead also claimed to the media that his nascent airline already employed about 20 people.The article quoted Malcolm Gault, Operations Manager at Cambridge City Airport who described Halstead as Walter Mitty mark II.The article reported allegations that Martin Halstead used a fictitious name to pose variously as both the commercial director and the financial backer of the airline: launched the business with a partner who was disqualified from acting as a company director; boasted of fictitious investors; and obtained finance for the business by asking four newly qualified pilot recruits to pay up to £15,000 each for specialised 'type training', which was never provided.Yet the overall editorial line of the piece was critical