Corrupt stockbroker faces jail for £5m investment con

A corrupt stockbroker who ran a massive investment scam promising huge returns from a gold mine in Ecuador is facing jail. More than 300 investors sank more than £5m into the project over an 18 month period, Southwark Crown Court heard. Stephen Todd, 41, masterminded the swindle through a company called IPR Capital Ltd which sold partnerships in a gold mining company in Ecuador as investments. Todd and financial analyst Steven Mayne, 42, admitted conspiracy to defraud while David Williams,…