by AdrianaAMLP | Nov 20, 2023
Axiom Ince stopped trading last month when approximately £66 million in client money was found to be missing from its accounts and spent. Investigators will also examine how funds passed from the firm’s client accounts with Barclays to the State Bank of India to fund...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Nov 17, 2023
SFO secured the conviction of William Osmond, a solicitor, who disclosed confidential details about an investigation and forged a legal document in an attempt to mislead investigators. Solicitors are legally obliged not to share details of money laundering...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Oct 23, 2023
The recent Patisserie Valerie charges against four individuals provide a preview of the type of scenario in which companies could be investigated under the “new failure to prevent fraud offence” as well as the expanded test for corporate criminal...
by AdrianaAMLP | Oct 20, 2023
Serious Fraud Office opens a criminal investigation into a suspected fraud at Safe Hands Plans Limited and its parent company SHP Capital Holdings Limited after their funeral plan scheme collapsed last year.
by AdrianaAMLP | Sep 13, 2023
The SFO opened a full investigation into the conduct, codenamed “Operation Venom”, in October 2018. This came two days after the company abruptly suspended trading, closing 70 stores and causing the loss of over 900 jobs across the country when its debts were...
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