Fraudster Daniel Snelling ordered to pay £714,588.28
Daniel SnellingMany thanks to Mr Gilchrist for bringing this to my attention. Daniel Snelling convicted in July 2013 for fraud and money laundering for running the Nouveau World Wines and Finbow wine...
View ArticleSpyros Constantinos, 44, at the Old Bailey (London)
Report from the MailOnLine 'Banned company director 'swindled investors out of £1million in wine scam and spent it on fancy chocolates, shopping sprees at Harrods and Selfridges, holidays to...
View ArticleFraudster Spyros Constantinos guilty!
Excellent breaking news! 43-year-old Spyros Constantinos was found guilty this afternoon at London's Old Bailey of defrauding investors for around £1 million. The jury found him guilty on all ten...
View ArticleWinchester Associates Ltd – a recently active charitable institution?
'Winchester Associates was founded in 2006 and has an extensive amount of commodity trading between it's (sic) brokers'Companies House: nature of business: market research and public opinion...
View ArticleThe Chelsea Food & Wine Company/Chelsea Food & Drinks Vintage Ltd – another...
Headline details from Companies House: Chelsea Food & Drinks Vintage LtdThe Chelsea Food and Wine Company Ltd (Companies House details) Our story: from the website 'in 2006 we decided .... Address...
View ArticleMarquee Vintners Ltd – recently formed but annual return already overdue
Marquee Vintners' website home page New Burgundian estate with an Italian flavour: Roma nee-ContiFrom their home page: 'Marquee Vintners Limited is a privately owned vintage fine wine merchant...
View ArticleIntercontinental Wines Ltd – 'Proud Platinium Partner' but 15 years experience?
Proud Platinum Partner – Southampton Boat Show September 2015 'With over 15 years experience we have extensive knowledge of the fine wine market'Intercontinental Wines Ltd was founded on 16th June...
View ArticlePaul Freeman (Heros Global Marketing etc) made personally bankrupt
Paul Freeman I am sure that 'entrepreneur' Paul Freeman's many friends and admirers will be greatly saddened to learn that Paul was made personally bankrupt on 21st May 2015 after he filed to be made...
View ArticlePolice warning on commodity fraud
Don't sell your alternative assets – wine, art etc. – to cold callers! Yesterday an Essex CID officer asked investdrinks to help to pass on the message above. This CID officer is involved in...
View ArticleTimely warning on investment from LCB (Vinothèque)
Timely and very useful warning from Jane Renwick, general manager of Vinothèque – the fine wine storage division of London City Bond, highlighting some potential dangers of wine investment: Dear...
View ArticleSouthampton Boat Show – Intercontinental Wines Ltd – 15 years experience ......
'15yrs experience – unparalleled access' (full text below) From The 2015 Southampton Boat Show website 'About Intercontinental Wines Limited 'Intercontinental Wines Ltd is a Luxury Fine Wine Merchants...
View ArticleBarry Gamble (ex-director of The London Vines Ltd) declared personally bankrupt
The Marshalsea – famous as a debtor's prison (London) Yesterday (17th September 2015) Barry Gamble (ex-director of 'wine investment' company The London Vines Ltd failed in his attempt to get the...
View ArticlePrestige Fine Wine Limited placed into provisional liquidation
'past five years' ... 'return of 166%'Insolvency Service Press Release: 20th October 2015'Prestige Fine Wine Limited has been placed into provisional liquidation following an investigation by Company...
View ArticleFrench Wine Exchange Ltd: 'Experienced brokers will help you to select,.....'!!
Screen grab from Companies House's fine Beta Service 'Experienced brokers will help you to select, source and arrange bonded storage of investment wines'Claim on website of The French Wine Exchange...
View ArticleJonothan Piper (Embassy Wine UK Ltd) banned 11 years as UK company director
Leaving a bad taste:11 year disqualification for director whose company ‘sold’ wine it failed to provide, and bought wine it failed to pay forJonothan Piper, a director of Embassy Wine UK Ltd...
View ArticleCult and Boutique Wine Management: report from a cold called
Cult & Boutique website now used by Cult and Boutique (Wine Management) Ltd I am indebted to RD, who was recently cold called by Cult and Boutique (Wine Management) Ltd, for this report: 'I'm...
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8 companies involved in multi million pound international carbon credit and wine investment scam ordered to close(From Insolvency Service 27th November 2015) (investdrinks – good news to see these...
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