MALLORCA TODAY - Hirsts and Pollett guilty of fraud and money laundering

The trial of John Hirst and others at Bradford Crown Court has ended, sentencing to be given later this month, following the jury's guilty verdicts on Linda Hirst (for money laundering) and Richard Pollett (for fraud) and the guilty plea entered by John Hirst for fraud he committed in engineering the Ponzi scheme that operated out of Calvià and which swindled many expatriates out of millions.

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MALLORCA TODAY - John Hirst's son not guilty of money laundering

The verdicts of the jury at the trial of John Hirst and others accused of being part of a Ponzi scheme that operated out of Calvià continue to come through. Linda Hirst has been found guilty on a further count of money laundering, but Hirst's son, Daniel, and Linda Hirst's daughter, Zoe Waite, have been found not guilty.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Linda Hirst guilty of money laundering

The jury considering the cases against John Hirst, his estranged wife Linda and others in connection with the Ponzi scheme operated out of Calvià has returned a verdict of guilty on Linda Hirst on two counts - one of money laundering and one of evasion of liability by deception. Further verdicts against Linda Hirst as well as others are yet to be returned.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Closing speeches in Hirst trial

The jury at the trial of John Hirst and others accused of involvement with Hirst's Ponzi investment scheme is expected to start its deliberations next week, having heard closing speeches and the judge's summing up.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Linda Hirst denies money-laundering charges

Linda Hirst, now estranged from John Hirst, has denied charges of money laundering at the trial at Bradford Crown Court hearing the case against John Hirst, his former wife and others for involvement in a Ponzi investment scheme into which expatriate Britons in Calvià paid significant sums. Linda Hirst has also said she knew nothing of John Hirst's conviction for fraud in the early 1990s.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Richard Pollett gives evidence in Hirst trial

Richard Pollett, the Calvia-based accountant who is accused of involvement in the Ponzi investment scheme operated by John Hirst and who denies a charge of conspiracy of fraud, has been giving evidence at Bradford Crown Court.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Hirst trial jury shown video of Mallorca wedding party

The jury at Bradford Crown Court has been shown parts of a video shot at the wedding party in Mallorca for John Hirst and his wife Linda in 2006. Described by the wedding planner as the most expensive she had been involved with, the video was submitted as part of the trial into the fraud allegations levelled against Hirst, his wife and others, stemming from the operation of a Ponzi scheme centred on Calvia.

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MALLORCA TODAY - John Hirst trial hears about lavish spending

The continuing trial of John Hirst, who has admitted his involvement in a Ponzi scheme that affected many British expats in Calvià, has heard about his lavish lifestyle, including spending more than ninety thousand pounds on his wedding in Las Vegas.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Hirst accused of funding a "wonderful lifestyle"

The trial at Bradford Crown Court of John Hirst, Richard Pollett and others accused of operating an illegal Ponzi scheme in Mallorca which swindled millions from expat investors has heard of Hirst's previous conviction to defraud and of how he, with Pollett's assistance, set up the scheme that was based in Calvià.

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