A multi-millionaire e-cigarette tycoon is offering a reward of £250,000 to catch a group of gang members that attacked him at his home, stealing his gold bars, his Range Rover and £70,000 in cash.Jason Cropper, 48, the businessman behind the company Totally Wicked is offering £50,000 for each of the four gang members who broke into his house, and £25,000 for each of the two accomplices that he believes were part of the operation.He is also planning on upping the bounty every week until they are convicted, by £5,000 a week for the robbers, and £2,500 a week for each of the accomplices.In addition, he has hired private detective to help him with the investigation.A very wealthy man, Jason Cropper is fed up with the police effort and is offering bounty hunters £250,000 pounds to catch his masked attackers and their accomplices Police outside Mr.Cropper's house following the break-in, as he returned to retrieve belongings Jason Cropper made his fortune in the e-cigarette business, and is spending quarter of a million on a bounty for the people that assaulted him Mr.

Cropper said: 'To me, the money is irrelevant.'Itis nice to have, but is not particularly important, what's important is that the people are caught.'Mr.Cropper's troubles began when four masked raiders armed with crowbars broke into his home in Samlesbury, Lancashire, before tying him up, dousing him in bleach and covering his head with a towel.The raiders then made off with his £60,000 Range Rover, two gold bars worth £50,000, three watches, and £70,000 in cash.The millionaire tycoon suffered head injuries and could not walk properly for a week, and he said he believed the group robbed him because they thought he had £4million of gold in his house.Jason Cropper, multi-millionaire tycoon has taken the law into his own hands, and has decided to turn his house into a fortress complete with fences, cameras and a guard dog The reward is higher than the value of the items taken, but Cropper has said was more concerned about catching those responsible.He said: 'I am hoping the reward will just give us one piece of factual evidence.

'Maybe somebody has bought one of the watches or been offered one of the gold bars.I need this strong bit of evidence.'Mr.Cropper said he believed that one of the attackers had a Liverpool accent and that other gang members could be from Accrington and Blackburn.e cigarette morrisonsJason Cropper's home is worth £750,000, and has since the break in that terrorised him, had almost £20,000 worth of improvements to security He added he thought the robbers were known to him because of how well they knew his house.e cigarette knowledgeA police investigation was launched, but Mr.e cigarette odorlessCropper has now hired a private investigator to look into the incident.ecigarette alcool

Since the attack in August last year, he has spent around £20,000 on advanced security for his £750,000 home, including 10 cameras, lights, 8ft fencing, a monitored alarm system and a guard dog.Cropper said he had felt scared and paranoid to be in his home since the robbery.e cigarette vapourHe said: 'It is a personal thing.e cigarette 28I am not going to be a victim and I am not going to allow anybody to walk all over me.Cropper, multi-millionaire has spent £20,000 since the attack improving his home security.Pictured right, Cropper returns home to retrieve his belongings after the attack 'I do not care if I have to sell the house.These people will be found.'Aspokesman for Lancashire Police said officers had been made aware of the reward.They said: 'Rewards are offered by people for information all the time, but on a much smaller scale.'The

Cropper is offering is unusual, but the situation is not.'Buthe's a very wealthy man, and is known for being a bit eccentric, and it's his choice.'Thepolice added that they are pursuing an investigation through the traditional means.Cropper founded the e-cig company Totally Wicked in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 2008, built it into a global empire, and stood down as CEO last June.He quit after he declined to retract comments he made in controversial emails about e-cig licensing to a member of European Parliament and an official from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).(Left) part of Cropper's new high-tech security system.Since the attack, in which Cropper was tied up, doused with bleach and covered in a towel, he has said that he feels paranoid and vulnerableA multi-millionaire businessman is offering a £250,000 reward to help catch the armed gang who tied him up and poured bleach over him before stealing gold bars.Jason Cropper - who founded the e-cigarette business Totally Wicked -  is determined to track down the thieves who broke into his home in the Lancashire village of Samlesbury last August.

The 48-year-old, who lives alone, was tied up when four masked raiders, armed with crowbars, burst into his £750,000 mansion as he opened the door to let his cat out.He suffered head injuries and could not walk properly for a week after being hit and dragged along the ground.He said he believed the group thought he had £4million of gold in his house, which he had recently bought.After dousing him with bleach and covering his head with a towel, the attackers made off with his £60,000 Range Rover.Inside it were two gold bars worth around £50,000, plus three watches and £70,000 in cash from his home.The car was later found burnt out.After almost six months without a breakthrough in the case, Mr Cropper is offering £250,000 reward for help.And he says he'll add an extra £5,000 every week until he gets information leading to the conviction of gang members who made off in his Range Rover with gold bars and other valuables.He has also hired a private investigator to help track them down.

"To me, the money is irrelevant," he said."It is nice to have, but is not particularly important.What is important is that the people are caught."Mr Cropper founded the e-cig company Totally Wicked in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 2008, built it into a global empire, and stood down as CEO last June.He quit after he declined to retract comments he made in controversial emails about e-cig licensing to a member of European Parliament and an official from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).Mr Cropper said the reward was higher than the value of the items taken, but he was more concerned about catching those responsible.He said: "I am hoping the reward will just give us one piece of factual evidence."Maybe somebody has bought one of the watches or been offered one of the gold bars.I need this strong bit of evidence."He added that he believed the gang, which was made up of four people, had at least two accomplices and that he was willing to offer £25,000 for information that led to each of their arrests.

That figure will also increase by £2,500 each week until their conviction.Mr Cropper said he believed that one of the attackers had a Liverpool accent and that other gang members could be from Accrington and Blackburn.He added he thought the robbers were known to him because of how well they knew his house.A police investigation was launched, but Mr Cropper has now hired a private investigator to look into the incident.Since the attack, on August 1 last year, he has spent around £20,000 on advanced security, including 10 cameras, lights, 8ft fencing, a monitored alarm system and a guard dog.Mr Cropper said he had felt scared and paranoid to be in his home since the robbery.He said: "It is a personal thing."I do not care if I have to sell the house.These people will be found."A spokesman for Lancashire Police said officers had been made aware of the reward.He said: "An investigation is ongoing and police are obviously treating the robbery very seriously."We are doing everything we can to try and trace the offenders.