Paul Ward and Steven Godden BBC Scotland News Rex/Shutterstock Thomas Robinson supplied high-end establishments such as Edinburgh’s Balmoral Hotel and the Dorchester in London A fraudster who tricked luxury hotels and stores into buying “Scottish-grown tea” that was actually from abroad has been jailed for three-and-a-half-years. Thomas Robinson also conned aspiring tea growers by selling...
It is insane, but there it is. Even some Republicans are opposing the Republican proposal in the U.S. Senate to sell of a minuscule fraction of the land that the United States government owns. Republican Senator Mike Lee is pushing the plan, and it has caused a firestorm of opposition. The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled...
Rachel Grant BBC Scotland News Sothebys International Realty The castle was commissioned by a New Zealand-born adventurer in 1911 Eighty years after a mother walked into a London estate agency and bought a Hebridean island she had never seen in a bid to leave the city, her family is selling their historic home. The Island...
PA A former Bargain Hunt art expert has been jailed for two years and six months for failing to declare art he sold to a suspected financier of Hezbollah. In the first prosecution of its kind, Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, admitted eight counts under the Terrorism Act 2000 of failing to make a disclosure during the...
Balmoral A fraudster who tricked luxury hotels and stores into buying “Scottish-grown tea” that was grown abroad has been found guilty of a £550,000 scam. Thomas Robinson supplied high-end customers such as Edinburgh’s Balmoral Hotel and the Dorchester in London with varieties with names like Dalreoch White, Highland Green, Silver Needles and Scottish Antlers Tea....
Getty Images Shoppers are being warned to be vigilant for fake designer brands in vintage shops and online When influencer Torbian Dennis bought a £150 pair of trainers on a popular online marketplace, he was told by the seller they were genuine. But when he got them through the post he wasn’t sure and checked...
Stephen Fairclough BBC News AFP UK law requires animals to be stunned before slaughter unless the meat is intended for Muslims or Jews A food wholesaler has been found guilty of fraud by falsely distributing chicken as halal meat and putting unsafe food on the market. Hamil Miah, 46, from Cardiff, was the owner of...