A former Parachute Regiment officer who pleaded guilty to masterminding a massive international “pump and dump” fraud will spend three years in a United States federal prison.

But Belfast man Roger Knox, a Campbell College alumni, faced up to 15 years for his involvement in a scheme prosecutors claim defrauded $164m (£135m) from thousands of mostly small investors.

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