An Edinburgh solicitor has been jailed for four years for his role in the laundering of £1.8m. Richard Housley was also convicted of income tax fraud and a separate charge under POCA. Housley, the senior partner and MLRO, helped launder the money for Michael Voudouri, who pleaded guilty, but failed to turn up for the sentencing hearing: there is a warrant out for his arrest. Bookkeeper Caroline Laing also allowed her personal bank account to be used in the laundering scheme and was jailed for two and a half years.
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