Former Premiership star Richard Rufus left investor ‘drowning financially’

A retired premier league footballer left an investor ‘drowning financially’ after promising him huge returns on his money, court heard. Richard Rufus, 47, allegedly scammed friends and family out of £15m by playing the currency markets in a pyramid scheme. Giving evidence today, Ian Clarke, a former project manager of a glass instillation company of more than 25 years, told jurors at Southwark Crown Court how he was involved in a car accident in 2006 that resulted in him being…