Five men have been jailed for a total of nearly 18 years, following a criminal prosecution by the Financial Conduct Authority. They have been found guilty of scamming more than 170 victims out of £2.8 million, in a complex boiler room scam.
The judge said “Some victims lost everything they had” and “their stories were at times positively heart-breaking.” He added that elderly people had been specifically targeted.
The men worked in a boiler room, where they cold called victims and using high pressure sales tactics, sold ineffective and overpriced investments to the public. The name boiler room refers to … Read more