Investors lost £1m to crooked space boffin

A former NASA scientist turned investment advisor spent his client’s funds on luxury holidays and a new home, a court heard. John Burford, 85, accepted £1 million from more than 100 punters over three years in an investment scheme he called ‘Tramline Trader.’ Burford, who worked on the project to send a manned mission to Mars, had advertised the scheme on his finance blogs which promised to make his clients rich. He charged subscribers £595 for alerts on possible trading…