‘I did a Ponzi scheme type of thing’

A crooked currency trader who phoned police to say he did ‘a Ponzi scheme type of thing’ has been jailed for five years. Joe Lewis, 65, conned his victims out of millions of pounds after offering investments in foreign exchange trades. Lewis admitted his responsibility for the £2.2million Ponzi scheme at Southwark Crown Court. The fraudster called Humberside police and asked to speak to someone to do with fraud on 6 December 2014. He said: ‘Er well it’s actually me…