November 13, 2016
A prominent British gold bullion firm with links to Formula 1 has been drawn into a probe into potential money laundering. Mayfair-based Stunt & Co is under investigation by West Yorkshire Police’s Economic Crimes Unit, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Ashley Carson, Assay Master of the Sheffield Assay Office, the body which officially approves and hallmarks precious metals in the city, confirmed in a statement: ‘The Assay Office has been visited by detectives investigating potential money laundering by Stunt & Co, and the Assay Office is helping with the police inquiry, including giving the police access to our control systems [accounts].’