Woodford Green beauty salon front for money laundering
Amy Rivers of Limehouse was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for laundering the proceeds of her boyfriend's drug trafficking through the beauty salon he set up for her in Woodford Green. William Forster of Chigwell and James McDonald of Roydon were the ringleaders of a criminal gang which supplied cocaine in London. They set up the salon and transferred the directorship to Rivers after Forster was arrested last year. The estimated £6m made from their crimes was spent on properties, expensive cars, high value electrical goods, designer clothing and jewellery.
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Crime families laundered drug money in Bournemouth
Two families originally from Liverpool lived the high life for three years, purchasing properties and businesses in Bournemouth, driving luxury cars, and funding a lavish wedding and round the world honeymoon through their involvement in the supply of wholesale heroin. Stuart Archer and Peter Lawler were the ringleaders and have been sentenced to nine and seven years respectively for supplying heroin and money laundering. Archer's 65 year old mother was sentenced to two years for heading up the money laundering operation, while each of their wives received a 12 month suspended sentence for money laundering.
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Casino worker and father from Margate convicted of money laundering
Derek Rosser and his daughter Nicola were convicted of laundering the proceeds of an international drug trafficking plot. Nicola, who had received anti-money laundering training through her job at a casino, used her knowledge to assist her father in changing thousands of pounds into euros to help launder the proceeds of drug trafficking. Derek Rosser was sentenced to two years for possession of criminal property and five sentences of eight months to run concurrently for converting and possessing criminal property. Nicola received an eight month sentence, suspended for two years for three offences of converting criminal property.
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Primary School governor jailed for money laundering in Blackpool
A primary school governor and her husband were each jailed for twelve months after £162,000 of drugs money was found stuffed in carrier bags and hidden in their home. The couple, Linda and Anthony Wisdom were laundering the funds for his brother who ran a large scale drugs operation. While Anthony Wisdom ran a reputable carpet cleaning business, neighbours were apparently surprised at their apparent wealth and ability to purchase a new house.
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Cumbria mortgage broker jailed for fraud and money laundering
A Cumbria mortgage broker was jailed for two years and three months for fraud offences and nine months for money laundering, after receiving fees for mortgage applications and surveyors' reports that he never progressed.
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Great British Eatery owner jailed for money laundering - Birmingham
Two Birmingham men were convicted of engaging in a boiler room fraud, offering shares to investors in Fingerpin, a company which was allegedly developing biometric security devices. They used the proceeds to set up the award winning Great British Eatery fish and chip shop, and purchased expensive vehicles and penthouse flats. They were jailed for the fraud and money laundering, with one sentenced to five years and three months, while the other was sentenced to two and a half years.
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