Mother-of-two made £400,000 selling fake Mulberry bags at ‘handbag parties’ before spending cash on private school fees and holidays
A woman who made more than £400,000 selling fake designer handbags spent the money on school fees for her children and luxury goods for herself. Fiona Taylor, 44, of Newton on Ouse, North Yorkshire, organised ‘handbag parties’ where she sold counterfeit bags for hundreds of pounds each, telling buyers they were the real thing. The mother of two laundered cheques through her son’s bank account and spent the money on luxury goods, private school fees, holidays and a new car, a court heard.
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