Fraudsters who used the lure of the London Olympics to con pensioners into handing over their life savings were facing jail today.
The gang cold-called elderly people at home offering what they claimed was a lucrative property portfolio in Stratford, near the 2012 site.
Fraud squad officers who smashed the racket believe the gang got away with at least £300,000 between 2006 and 2007. Detectives traced up to 90 victims who each lost between £2,500...