High flying banker on £4 million bail

A wanted Austrian banker who claims he was tricked into flying his jet into London has been ordered to hand over his pilot’s licence so he can’t fly out again. Peter Weinzierl, 56, the former chief executive officer of Austrian private bank Meinl Bank, is fighting extradition to the US. The multi millionaire, who is accused of involvement in a Brazilian corruption scandal, claims he was conned into thinking he was flying to a lunch meeting with a business associate…

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