'Spearmint Rhino' lap-dancing clubs boss is convicted fraudster

'Spearmint Rhino' lap-dancing clubs boss is convicted fraudster
By Adrian Gatton and Paul Lashmar
Independent on Sunday
17 February 2002
John Gray pretty much has it all. Cars, cash, planes and girls – especially girls. His Spearmint Rhino table dancing empire has made him wealthy. And he plans to have even more, to expand his empire from six clubs to 100. Now those plans are in doubt, after an Independent on Sunday investigation revealed that Mr Gray has not disclosed that he served a jail sentence for fraud.