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08-17-2011, 09:03 PM
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Key fraudster behind wines and spirits 'Ponzi' scheme gets five years (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEh7V2A4cJlZssQYQ5fG5brGi3I5A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/aug/17/serious-fraud-office-ponzi-scheme)
The Guardian
Photograph Martin Bernetti/AFP One of the key figures behind a Mayfair-fronted Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to five years imprisonment after admitting his part in a multimillion-pound wine and spirits investments fraud targeted at American doctors. ...
Whiskey, Wine Fraud That Took in $49 Million Brings 5-Year Term for Briton (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFLo5CO5E7kK8T--NizK9lwgdqi1g&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-17/whiskey-wine-fraud-that-took-in-49-million-brings-5-year-term-for-briton.html)Bloomberg
One jailed and one acquitted over £30m 'Ponzi' fraud (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFfx46ht148nBI6OsT0Soohr_XjMQ&url=http://www.ftadviser.com/FTAdviser/default/default/article/20110817/5353aef6-c8c2-11e0-8ae6-00144f2af8e8/One-jailed-and-one-acquitted-over-30m-Ponzi-fraud.jsp)FT Adviser
UK wine 'sham' hits 300 Canadian, US investors (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG5wXt-XaXzVc_bRqn65lrWfEnKtg&url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/uk-wine-sham-hits-300-canadian-us-investors/article2132258/)Globe and Mail
Citywire.co.uk (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEgXuSMOVN4ZYcjYXIpzIdg1fpTjQ&url=http://citywire.co.uk/wealth-manager/vintage-hallmark-director-jailed-for-30m-ponzi-fraud/a516883) -ifaonline.co.uk (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsjbqRExxJP22O6l_7FN9ScR_Lgg&url=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/ifaonline/news/2102447/sfo-completes-investment-fraud-investigations) -Wall Street Journal (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHiLVXGJ7JKz7amn0rZS7bUp9QhXQ&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110817-704223.html)
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