Notorious Edinburgh brothel keeper Madam Moneybags died owning the Scottish Courts £780,441, is has been revealed.
Margaret Paterson reportedly paid back just over £200,000 of her ill-gotten gains when she died aged 66 in September 2019. In 2013, Paterson was sentenced to five years after being convicted of brothel-keeping, money laundering and living on the earnings of prostitution.
The Record reports how prosecutors are trying to recover the money from her estate. An FOI request led to figures released from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service that includes Paterson in a group of wealthy criminals who have been targeted under dirty money laws for failing to hand over £12million of their dirty cash.
