Lawyer to pay back £22,000 from wine scam profits

Leyton

A solicitor who laundered £100,000 from a fine wine scam on investors through Jamaican bank accounts has been ordered to pay back less than a quarter of the sum. Michael Wilson, 46, set up Global Wine Investments Ltd at plush offices in the City of London to attract orders for cases of high-value plonk. The company raked in £360,716 from investors but spent only £60,000 of its income on wine. The rest of the cash was frittered away on wages,…

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