Three convicted for role in £6 million wine fraud

Three convicted for role in £6 million wine fraud

Three people have been convicted for their role in a wine fraud that saw victims lose £6 million following a Hertfordshire Trading Standards investigation.

UK trio convicted in ‘£37m wine investment fraud’ case

Three people were convicted of fraudulent trading in a case at St Albans Crown Court in the UK this week, following an investigation into the fine wine investment scam by Hertfordshire County Council’s trading standards team. It described a ‘complex wine fraud’ run via a now-closed company known as Imperial Wine & Spirits Merchant Ltd and previously named Imperial Wines of London Ltd. A probe found 41 victims collectively lost £6m, but more than…