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      Ex-Premier League footie star Richard Rufus faces jail for scamming family & friends out of £8m to fund luxury lifestyle

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      AN ex-Premier League footballer faces jail for scamming family and friends out of £8million to fund a luxury lifestyle.Richard Rufus, 47, who played for Charlton and England under-21s, duped pals into investing in a dodgy pyramid scheme.
      Richard Rufus posed as a foreign exchange trader and lied that football friends had invested with himCredit: Central News
      He formerly played for Charlton and England under-21sCredit: Nicky Hayes
      Posing as a foreign exchange trader, he lied that football friends, including Rio Ferdinand, had invested with him.
      He spent the money on a Bentley and five-bedroom house on an exclusive private estate in South London, Southwark crown court heard.
      His victims included his church, which lost £3.5million, and ex-Chelsea defender Paul Elliott.
      Rufus apologised for losing the money but denied wrongdoing.
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      He was found guilty of fraud, illegal trading and possessing criminal property.
      He was bailed ahead of sentencing next month but ordered to wear a tag. More

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      Ex-Premier League player Richard Rufus ‘scammed friends and family out of £15m in pyramid scheme’

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      A FORMER Premier League footballer scammed friends and family out of £15million to maintain his lavish lifestyle, a court heard.Richard Rufus is accused of pretending to be a successful foreign exchange trader to convince his alleged victims to invest.
      Richard Rufus is accused of scamming his family and friendsCredit: Central News
      But the ex-Charlton star, 47, lost the cash “hand over fist”, Southwark Crown Court heard.
      It is alleged he used £7million of the total £15million to pay back investors in a pyramid scheme, while around £2million was used for his own purposes.
      Jurors were told this meant Rufus was able to “maintain a lifestyle of a footballer” long after he was forced to retire in 2004.
      The centre-back enjoyed the “trappings of wealth” and drove a flash Bentley and wore a Rolex, it was said.
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      Rufus also lived in a five-bedroom home on a private estate in leafy Purley, South London.
      The court was told he spent nearly £700,000 over five years on mortgages and loans.
      The ex-footballer also allegedly splurged £200,000 on motorising costs – including £70,000 to Mercedes Benz Finance, a further £45,000 to the car company and over £46,000 to Land Rover,
      He transferred £222,468.11 to his wife, Simone Rufus and £158,513.86 to a joint account he held with her, it was said.
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      Jurors heard the only legitimate income Rufus received was £850-a-month rent he earned on a property in Surrey.
      Lucy Organ, prosecuting, said: “He scammed friends, family and associates out of millions of pounds by pretending he was able to offer a low-risk investment in the foreign exchange market.
      “He claimed he had significant success with his strategy in the past.
      “Mr Rufus took over £15million in total. He traded some of it, as I have said, losing vast amounts, but that wasn’t the end of the fraud.
      “Of that money, about £2million he never even transferred to foreign exchange trading accounts. He used this money partly to prop up the losses that his scams were making.
      “Making payments back to other investors to continue the pretence that they were making a good investment, a so-called ‘pyramid scheme’ and partly simply for his own benefit, treating the money he received from investors as his own.”
      The court was told Rufus duped investors by claiming he could return their original capital within 14 days of them asking.
      Even when his accounts were frozen by the the Financial Services Agency in 2011, Rufus continued the alleged scam by taking more money from investors.
      Ms Organ said: “That money too was never invested and never went near a trading account. He used this money to either further the fraud by paying investor’s fake profits or simply as his own money.
      “Whilst paying investors fake profits, paying back so called capital, he simply paid his own bills with that money.”
      Rufus earned six England Under-21 caps during his career.
      The centre-back played solely for Charlton and made 288 appearances after his debut in 1994 aged 19.
      His first-ever senior goal came in the Addicks’ historic win over Sunderland in 1998 in the play-off final at Wembley.
      Rufus’ banger forced the game into extra time – with Charlton’s win on penalties securing them promotion to the Premier League.
      He retired through injury in 2004 and was later inducted into the club hall of fame at The Valley.
      Rufus denies three counts of fraud by false representation, one count of possessing criminal property and one count of carrying out a regulated activity when not authorised.
      The trial continues.
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      Ex-Premier League star to go on trial after ‘scamming investors in £2.5m plot & going on spending spree’

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      A FORMER Premier League footballer is facing trial after allegedly carrying out a £2.5million investment fraud.Richard Rufus is accused of luring investors into a massive foreign currency scam.
      Richard Rufus is facing trial for fraudCredit: Central News
      The ex-Charlton star, 47, then spent the cash on “personal expenses and lifestyle”, it is said.
      Rufus was due to stand trial later this month but it was delayed as no judge was available.
      A new date has been provisionally set for November 20 next year.
      Rufus denies three counts of fraud by false representation and one count of possession criminal property.
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      He has also pleaded not guilty to one count of carrying out a regulated activity when not authorised.
      The charges allegedly took place between May 2007 and April 2012.
      Rufus earned six England Under-21 caps during his career.
      The centre-back played solely for Charlton and made 288 appearances after his debut in 1994 aged 19.
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      His first-ever senior goal came in the Addicks’ historic win over Sunderland in 1998 in the play-off final at Wembley.
      Rufus’ banger forced the game into extra time – with Charlton’s win on penalties securing them promotion to the Premier League.
      He retired through injury in 2004 and was later inducted into the club hall of fame at The Valley.
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      Man City exec warned she could face jail after cheating club out of £104,000

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      AN ex-Manchester City executive was warned yesterday she could face jail after cheating the club out of £104,374.Business development manager Fiona Barclay was suspended and sacked by the Prem champs over her crimes.
      Fiona Barclay was warned that she could face jail after cheating the club out of more than £104,000Credit: Steve Allen
      Barclay, 33, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, appeared at Manchester’s Minshull Street crown court for sentence after earlier admitting the fraud.
      The judge adjourned the case until next month for a psychiatric report but warned “it doesn’t mean there won’t be a custodial sentence”.
      City said no clients suffered a loss in the fraud.
      Recorder Lowe told Barclay, who cried in the dock, that an adjournment didn’t necessarily mean she’d be spared a custodial sentence.
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      He said: “All sentencing options are open.
      “By putting this case back it doesn’t mean there won’t be a custodial sentence.”
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      Barclay will be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on September 21.
      A City spokesperson said: “Fiona Barclay was suspended immediately and subsequently dismissed when evidence of her fraud was uncovered.
      A City spokesperson said: ‘Fiona Barclay was suspended immediately and subsequently dismissed when evidence of her fraud was uncovered’Credit: Steve Allen More

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      Premier League club almost lost £1m after fraudsters hacked director’s account during transfer deal

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      A PREMIER League club nearly lost £1million when it was targeted by cyber criminals during a transfer deal.
      Hackers infiltrated a club director’s email account as negotiations took place to sell a player to a European team.

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      The Premier League director revealed his username and password to fraudstersCredit: PA:Press Association
      He was conned into revealing his username and password in a phishing attack.
      Using the details, the crooks nearly succeeded in getting the £1million payment diverted to their own account.
      They failed only because the club’s bank clocked the dodgy transaction and blocked it.
      It also emerged that hackers shut down a Football League club’s stadium hours before a match.

      They had demanded 400 bitcoins, nearly £3million, to end their attack.
      Somehow the crooks suspended security systems and blocked electronic turnstiles — meaning the game was nearly axed.
      The National Cyber Security Centre — part of GCHQ — has warned sports teams they are high-value targets — with at least 70 per cent of clubs targeted every year.

      Their Cyber Threat to Sports Organisations report also reveals a racecourse staff member lost £15,000 trying to buy equipment from a spoof eBay site.

      Paul Chichester, director of operations at the NCSC, urged sports groups to boost ­their security systems.
      He warned that the impact of cyber criminals is “very real”.

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      Ex-Arsenal starlet runs up £3,700 bill after taking woman’s credit card as she slept in their hotel room

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      AN ex-Arsenal starlet took a woman’s credit card as she slept in their hotel room — days after being freed from jail. Jaydon Thorbourne, 22, ran up a £3,700 bill on his victim’s American Express card. Ex-Arsenal starlet Jaydon Thorbourne took a woman’s credit card as she slept in their hotel room and ran up […] More

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      Family of ex-Bolton footballer Jlloyd Samuel bizarrely accuse his wife of ‘faking’ his death for insurance fraud

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      THE FAMILY of tragic Premier League footballer Jlloyd Samuel has accused his wife of “faking” his death in a fireball car crash – to cash in on an insurance fraud. The sister of the former Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers defender believes her brother is still alive. Premier League footballer Jlloyd Samuel died aged 37 […] More