Ex-Charlton Athletic defender Richard Rufus, 47, allegedly scammed friends and family out of £15m to maintain his lavish lifestyle
A former Premier League footballer invested £5m for a church as a ‘blessing’ - and lost them £3.5m, a court heard.
Ex-Charlton Athletic defender Richard Rufus, 47, offered to personally guarantee the investment of the Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC) and said he had worked with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, it was said.
Rufus allegedly scammed friends and family out of £15m to maintain his lavish lifestyle.
He drove a Bentley and lived on an exclusive private estate in leafy Purley on the money he was swindling, Southwark Crown Court has heard.