Ex-Premier League player Richard Rufus jailed for scamming family and friends out of £15m to maintain lavish lifestyle

A FORMER Premier League footballer has been jailed for scamming friends and family out of £15million to maintain his lavish lifestyle. Richard Rufus pretended to be a successful foreign exchange trader to convince his trusting victims to invest. 2 Richard Rufus has been convicted of fraud Credit: Central News But the ex-Charlton star, 47, lost the cash “hand over fist”. He used £7million of the total £15million to pay back investors in a pyramid scheme, while around £2million was used for his own purposes. This meant Rufus was able to “maintain a lifestyle of a footballer” long after he was… Read Full Article