Security News in Brief: United Kingdom Citizens Indicted in Brooklyn Federal Court for Multi-Million Dollar Loan Scheme

Source: United States Department of Justice News

An indictment was filed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn charging Stephen Burton and James Wellesley, both citizens of the United Kingdom, with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a scheme perpetrated through their company, Bordeaux Cellars, the trade name for two private limited companies, Bordeaux Cellars, Limited and Bordeaux Cellars London Ltd., registered, respectively, in Hong Kong and London, England.