R v W - Chester Crown Court.
A case where the proprietor of a motorcycle workshop and garage had been accused of money laundering for a local drug dealer.
The police alleged that the drug dealer had persuaded W to give him a job where he would be paid a wage. The salary paid was much larger than any other of the employees who worked for the business. The drug dealer never attended at "his place of work" but would pass large amounts of cash to W, who then deposited that into his company bank account. W would take his commission, issue a wage slip and then deposit funds into the drug dealer's bank account. This gave the veneer of legitimacy to the funds that were going to the drug dealers account.
Our client was prosecuted for money laundering.
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