A fraudster who tricked four victims into paying £159,000 into a sham investment fund which he “greedily” used to fund his lifestyle has been jailed. Alan Skinner, of Millfield Road, West Kingsdown, was the sole director of Tritex Global Limited when he invited clients to participate in a form of fixed-odds betting – now banned in the UK – known as binary option trading. Each victim was cold-called and persuaded to part with their money in 2017, having also received an electronic brochure in which they were promised access to dedicated account managers, trading experts and round-the-clock cust…