A former Premier League player accused of carrying out a £5.3m investment fraud will be tried in one of London’s new Nightingale courts.
Ex Charlton Athletic defender, Richard Rufus, 45, allegedly enticed investors into a massive foreign currency scam between 2007 and April 2012
Prosecutors claim money was not invested and was spent on ‘personal expenses and lifestyle.’
![Richard Rufus, pictured arriving at an earlier hearing at Southwark Crown Court last year has been told he will be tried in a new Nightingale Court in March 2021. He has been charged with foreign exchange fraud](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/09/02/17/32699750-8690699-image-m-2_1599065276916.jpg)
![Rufus has been told his three-week case has been listed for the Prospero House nightingale Court in Southwark, pictured](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/09/02/18/32701546-8690699-image-a-10_1599068022527.jpg)
![The former player, pictured left, was forced to retire from football in 2004 after suffering a career-ending injury](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/09/02/18/32701534-8690699-image-a-11_1599068064576.jpg)
Rufus, who is out on bail, did not appear in a brief video-link hearing at Southwark Crown Court to set his trial date.