UK Citizen Extradited to US for $99 Million Wine Fraud Case: ICE

UK citizen extradited to US for $99 million wine fraud case: ICE

NEW YORK (WPIX) — A man from the United Kingdom has been forced back to New York to face charges of fraud and money laundering through a wine business, according to ICE Homeland Security Investigations in New York. The 56-year-old British national James Wellesley is accused of using his business with Bordeaux Cellars to collect loan payments from investors for non-existent products and customers, authorities with Homeland Security Investigations…

Second UK citizen faces '$99m wine fraud' trial in US

UK citizen James Wellesley appeared in a Brooklyn federal court this month after being extradited over an alleged ‘$99m wine fraud scheme’, said the US District Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Wellesley entered a plea of not guilty to charges of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, according to Reuters, which reported his age as 58. He was detained pending trial, said the US Attorney’s Office…