Crown lawyers reckon James White, 46, pocketed £126,241,000 during the time he acted as the kingpin of a gang branded 'the most prolific and sophisticated in Scotland”.
A gangster who was once said to be “rich enough to buy out Rolex” made more than £126 million from his life of crime, prosecutors claim.
The judge who jailed White, Lord Colbeck, said that for nearly 10 years, the crook had been a senior member of the organised crime group, which operated in Scotland and England, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, France, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and Brazil. The matter, which is being contested by White’s lawyers, will be heard in court later this year. It is thought to be the biggest sum sought by the Crown in a proceeds of crime action in Scotland.
White pleaded guilty in June to directing serious and organised crime, from May 2013 to March this year. Prosecutor Scott McKenzie said the gang ran a criminal operation on an international scale. Mr McKenzie said: "He spoke fluent Spanish, which assisted the crime group in dealing with associates. He often based himself in Spain for this purpose."
Top news stories today White later directed an associate to set up another fake business in Glasgow to help continue trafficking narcotics from abroad. He targeted he Robert Allan over an unpaid £90,000 cocaine debt in 2013.
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