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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Dickinson

Socialite bankrupt within year after assets frozen during money-laundering probe

James Stunt (Victoria Jones/PA) - (PA Archive)

Socialite James Stunt became bankrupt and shut himself away “like Howard Hughes” after his assets were frozen during an investigation into alleged money laundering, a court heard.

The former son-in-law of F1 tycoon Bernie Ecclestone is one of five men on trial over an alleged multimillion-pound scheme to turn criminal cash into untraceable gold.

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