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COPS are probing three firms over a scam which has seen victims lose millions investing in barrels of whisky.

It’s claimed hundreds of people were duped into ploughing their life savings into casks of malt in hopes their values would soar over time, a BBC Disclosure investigation found.

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It’s claimed people were duped into ploughing their life savings into casks of malt[/caption]

Experts say the booze is worth a fraction of the price paid — while some backers claim their investments have been resold or do not exist.

One woman poured her nest egg into a scheme after being told returns could hit 50 percent while an NHS worker with terminal cancer sold her house to fund her buy-in.

Organised crime detectives at the City of London Police confirmed to the Scottish Sun that they were investigating the rogue investments.

Alison Cocks, from Montrose, told the BBC she raised the alarm after calls to cash out were ignored when she handed over £103,000 for four casks.

She said: “Suddenly they didn’t want to talk to me anymore.

“They were avoiding my calls.

“I was really panicking.

“I decided I would start investigating my own casks.

“On my certificates, it showed where my casks were, allegedly.

“When I actually contacted those warehouses, they weren’t there.”

Mrs Cocks invested an initial £3,000 with a company called Cask Whisky Ltd and was given access to an online portal where she could view the progress of her portfolio.

She says she was promised returns of up to 50 percent and was convinced to put in another £100,000.

Mrs Cocks managed to track down three of her four barrels but discovered none are in her name, while one had been bought by another investor.

The missing cask — which she bought for £49,500 — does not exist.
Independent scotch valuers say she paid five times more than what the drink is worth.

Mrs Cocks is one of 200 people who invested in Cask Whisky Ltd, which boasted of a multi-million pound turnover and doing business in Hong Kong, according to the BBC investigation.

NHS worker Jay Evans, 54, was diagnosed with terminal cancer four years ago and put her Brighton home on the market so she could invest £76,000 in seven casks with another business.

She said two do not exist and five had been sold at a cost much higher than what they were worth with the woman told it could take 25 years to recoup what she has paid.

Mrs Evans said: “They’ve made somebody who’s facing end of life at an early age, they’ve made it infinitely more difficult.

“None of it will matter to people like this.”

There is no industry regulator tracking the ownership or location of barrels.

Kenny Macdonald runs legitimate broker Dram Mor in Dumbarton and says crooks have realised there is money to be made by cheating investors.

He said: “The sharks are circling.

“They know there’s blood. They can smell it.

“And unfortunately, in this particular case, the blood is whisky.”

The City of London Police said they had made no arrests relating to complaints about Cask Whisky Ltd with no charges made.

Detective Inspector Stephen Weller, from the Serious Organised Crime Team at City of London Police, said: “Regarding Cask Whisky Ltd, we are investigating an allegation of fraud and seeking to establish if any criminality has taken place.

“If you have made any investments with Cask Whisky Ltd, or have been contacted by Cask Whisky Ltd, we would ask you to submit information to help us build a bigger picture and help our ongoing enquiries.”

Cask Whisky Ltd have been approached for comment.

ARSENAL have received a massive boost ahead of their crunch Champions League clash against Real Madrid as Bukayo Saka has returned to training.

The Gunners are set to take on reigning European champions Real in the quarter-finals on April 8 at the Emirates before the return leg at the Santiago Bernabeu eight days later.

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Arsenal superstar Bukayo Saka has returned to full training[/caption]

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And the North Londoners have been dealing with quite an injury crisis with the likes of Jurrien Timber, Kai Havertz, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Gabriel Jesus currently sidelined.

And manager Mikel Arteta received yet another blow during the international break as Riccardo Calafiori had to withdraw from Italy’s squad after hurting his knee.

However, Arsenal superstar Saka, 23, announced he has returned to full training.

The winger suffered a torn hamstring in December and was forced to undergo surgery just after Christmas.

However, the England international took to social media earlier today and shared a picture of himself in training gear while giving the camera the thumbs up with a big smile on his face.

Saka added the following caption on Instagram: “Hello again.”

Arsenal could be set for another major boost as Real may be without four stars for the first leg.

Superstar strikers Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior as well as former Chelsea ace Antonio Rudiger and ex-Gunner Dani Caballos could be banned.

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The quartet all face an official Uefa probe for allegedly making obscene gestures after their victory over Atletico Madrid in the Last-16.

Vinicius was the most high-profile case as he reportedly took six “shots” at Atletico supporters during and after the clash at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

Rudiger, on the other hand, was accused of making a throat-slitting gesture to Atleti supporters.

Ceballos, who spent two years at Arsenal before his return to Madrid in 2021, is accused of making an obscene one-armed gesture with a clenched fist.

And Mbappe was reported for touching his genitals in a clearly derogatory manner.

A MENACE has been jailed for 16 months for making more than 11,000 nuisance calls to emergency services – jamming emergency telephone lines for nearly 130 hours.

William Greene, of Bective Square, Phibsborough in Dublin, was under a suspended sentence at the time for giving false information in a hoax 999 call.

The serial pest appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today.

Greene pleaded guilty to two counts of persistently making use of the telecommunications system for the purpose of causing annoyance, interference or needless anxiety to another between March 8 and November 9, 2023.

Detective Garda Jeremy Gibbons said that investigation was begun in light of the number of consistent calls to the emergency services from two phone numbers.

He explained: “Due to the excessive number, these numbers were monitored to a greater extent than typical nuisance-type calls. This was far in excess.”

He said that on one occasion, a significant number of calls was received by one call taker, who recognised Greene’s voice, manner and phrases.

She listened back to playbacks of calls from that number, and the narrative was the same; he hated the guards and told her go screw herself and the Government.

On another occasion, a call taker asked: “Is this William Greene? You’ll be in trouble.”

He replied that he was always in trouble.

“F**k the guards, Up the Dubs,” he added, along with other expletives.

The phone number was linked to him, and his home was searched.

A Nokia mobile phone was found with the sim relating to that phone number, and he was arrested in October 2023.

Notwithstanding this initial arrest, the calls continued. His house was searched again and a second phone was found.

He denied that he had a phone and made the calls.

He said that he had issues with his mental health and acknowledged that he needed help.

Det Gda Gibbons said that, altogether, 11,043 calls had been made, lasting a total of 7,757.6 minutes or 129 hours.

He said that the number of genuine calls that were missed because the lines were occupied with these calls could not be quantified.

There were over 100 calls an hour from him on some occasions, causing gridlock and jamming emergency telephone lines in the Laois, Offaly, and Kildare areas.

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Greene also placed an inordinate number of silent or ‘hangup’ calls.

These led to the call takers having to follow a particular procedure because they must reach out to such callers if they think they need assistance.

As he had denied having a phone, a lot of work had to be done to link him to the numbers. This included cell site analysis.

The court also heard that Greene was under a suspended sentence at the time due to a conviction for giving false information during a hoax 999 call.

He also had 20 other previous convictions, which included public order and criminal damage convictions.

The garda agreed with defence counsel that Greene had a nefarious addiction to alcohol and was heavily intoxicated when making these calls.

Judge Martin Nolan remarked that he was sure the emergency services were happier now Greene was in prison.

Greene, who has been in custody since October of last year, was handed a three-year sentence, with the final 20 months suspended upon him entering a bond.

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