A former NASA scientist who retrained as an investment adviser has been ordered to repay £650,000 after defrauding clients and spending their money on luxury holidays. The case highlights how a career switch into financial advice, ostensibly lending credibility from a scientific background, was instead used to misappropriate client funds for personal gratification rather than sound investment.

The article's full details on the individual's identity, the court proceedings and the specific circumstances of the fraud were not available in the retrieved text, but the reported outcome is a repayment order of £650,000, reflecting the scale of the funds diverted from clients to pay for the adviser's extravagant lifestyle.