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MEP Tom Wise charged with fiddling accounts and money laundering

April 21, 2009

The Times

A Member of the European Parliament and his assistant have both been charged with false accounting and money laundering after an investigation into claims that they misused thousands of pounds of expenses.

Tom Wise, 60, who was hoping to stand for re-election in June, was elected for the UK Independence Party but now sits as an independent after being expelled from the party.

Continue reading the article at TimesOnline.co.uk

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