Former Charlton star faces jail for £8m fraud

A former Premier League footballer who scammed his friends out of £8m to fund his luxury lifestyle is facing jail. Ex-Charlton Athletic defender Richard Rufus, 47, had dupes flocking to invest in the foreign exchange market by promising them incredible yields in a pyramid scheme Rufus, who won six caps for the England under-21s, claimed ‘football friends’ such as former England and Man Utd defender Rio Ferdinand had had invested with him. He drove a Bentley and lived on an…