Former ice skate champion charged with fleecing Park Lane Hilton out of £549k

A senior director of Park Lane’s Hilton Hotel appeared in courtroom yesterday charged with defrauding the corporate out of greater than half 1,000,000 kilos. Former determine skater Jubilee Mandl-Daroczy, 40, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to face fraud and cash laundering fees.

She received gold on the Austrian Figure Skating Championships in 1998 and 1999 and was ranked amongst world’s prime 10 sexiest athletes in 2005.

It is alleged that between January 1 2022 and February 16 this 12 months, she dedicated fraud whereas employed because the resort’s Director of Business Development, during which she was anticipated to safeguard, or to not act towards, the monetary pursuits of The Hilton Hotel Group, she “dishonestly abused that position intending to make a gain, namely £549,292.”

She can also be charged with one rely of cash laundering in that it’s alleged that she “concealed, disguised, converted, transferred or removed criminal property by means of financial transfers” over the identical interval.

It was indicated that she is going to deny the offences and Mandl-Daroczy, from White City, West London, was remanded into custody.

She was appointed to the put up in 2017. The case was adjourned for trial at to Southwark Crown Court with one other listening to later this 12 months.