Former husband of Petra Ecclestone in court on money laundering charge
The socialite and former husband of heiress Petra Ecclestone, James Stunt, has appeared in court to face money laundering charges.
January 5, 2022
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/national/former-husband-of-petra-ecclestone-in-court-on-money-laundering-charge-48030/
NatWest bank fined $351 million for failing to prevent money laundering
A criminal gang deposited hundreds of million in cash at around 50 branches of NatWest, prosecutors for Britain’s financial regulator said on Monday, with at least one individual outlet receiving more than $52 million.
The FCA said NatWest failed to monitor suspect activity by a client – [Fowler Oldfield], a Bradford-based gold dealer and jeweler liquidated after a police raid in 2016 – that deposited about $482 million pounds, including $349 million in cash.
https://nypost.com/2021/12/13/natwest-fined-351m-for-failing-to-prevent-money-laundering/
Socialite bullion dealer James Stunt to stand trial in Britain’s biggest money laundering case
Liquidated gold merchant - which allegedly received £2m-a-day in illicit cash - linked to landmark criminal case against NatWest Bank
Bankrupt gold dealer James Stunt is one of [13] people charged with money laundering linked to a UK jeweller at the heart of an alleged £365 million ($505m) criminal case against one of the country’s biggest banks.
The socialite was once worth an estimated £3 billion, but his assets were frozen by the High Court in 2018 at the request of the Crown Prosecution Service.
The former director of [Fowler Oldfield], Gregory Frankel, who was a vice-president of Mr Stunt’s firm Stunt & Co, will also stand trial.
Mr Stunt - the former husband of F1 heiress Petra Ecclestone - and Mr Frankel also jointly-owned international gold trading business Fort Bullion, whose offices in Mayfair were raided by the police in 2016.
May 17, 2021
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/socialite-bullion-dealer-james-stunt-to-stand-trial-in-britain-s-biggest-money-laundering-case-1.1186305