Boiler room conman set for the cooler

A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE fraudster is facing up to 20 years in a US jail after admitting ripping off thousands of investors in Britain's biggest "boiler room" scam.

By The Newsroom

Published 11th Mar 2011, 14:28 BST

Updated 11th Mar 2011, 22:27 BST

Richard Pope, 53, funded a lifestyle of fast cars, yachts and private jets as his international gang pressurised pensioners over the phone into buying non-existent shares.

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