Fraudster Michael Nascimento, who helped scam £2.8m from elderly and vulnerable people, has been sentenced to an additional almost four years in prison for failing to pay a confiscation order against him.

The FCA has banned indefinitely five individuals involved in an illegal investment scheme which ripped off elderly and vulnerable investors.

A fraudster, who used his criminal gains to fund a lavish lifestyle, has been sentenced go eight years in prison over a fake carbon credits con.

A conman involved in a £2.8m boiler room fraud and a £2.4m carbon credit scam has been jailed for 13 years today.