One of five Oxbridge-educated fraudsters - who conned wealthy individuals to invest £65m in fake “green” projects - has been sentenced to an additional eight years in prison this week for non-payment of a £2.7m Confiscation Order.

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Most weeks, to be fair nearly every week, we run stories on Financial Planning Today about scammers or financial crooks who have cheated clients out of all or part of their savings.

Two fraudsters convicted of a £37m VAT swindle, one of the UK’s largest, have been forced to hand over £685,000 in pension funds.

Clients who purchased investments through Kensington advice firm London Court Limited (FRN 146522) are being targeted by scammers.