Windmill swindler faces jail

A Cambridge Don who conned the government out £2.3 million in a green-energy swindle is facing years behind bars. Ehsan Abdi-Jalebi, 37 was caught with £100,000 in cash in a Thornton’s Continental chocolate box as he was boarding a flight to Tehran from Heathrow airport. He had been developing a property in Iran worth £900,000 while roaring around in his Maserati. Abdi-Jalebi won international acclaim for his work on wind turbines and set up his technology firm in 2006. But…

This Content is for Members only

Please register or login to access it

Register