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Three men charged in Ponzi-style scheme

Today, three men appeared at City of London Magistrates Court charged with conspiracy to defraud investors in an alleged investment fraud…

SFO acts to recover criminal gains after death of defendant

The Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has taken action in the High Court, which has resulted in an Order that the Estate of a convicted…

JJB Sports PLC: Two men charged

Sir David Jones and Stuart Jones were charged with offences relating to forgery and misleading statements made to the market by JJB Sports Plc in 2009

South Wales coal mines fraud prosecution: Six at court

Eric Evans, Alan Whiteley, Frances Bodman, Richard Walters, Stephen Davies QC & Leighton Humphreys were charged with conspiracy to defraud today.

Five charged in South Wales mining sites fraud case

Eric Evans, Alan Whiteley, Frances Bodman, Richard Walters & Leighton Humphreys have been charged with conspiracy to defraud in relation to Celtic Energy.

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams jailed

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams have been sentenced to seven years’ and five years’ imprisonment respectively for conspiring to defraud banks.

Banks defrauded in £100 million bridging loan facility

Waheed Luqman, director of Lexi Holdings PLC, has been sentenced to 7 years’ for fraud and 4 ½ years each for two counts of false accounting.

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams guilty of defrauding banks in property financing deals

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams have been found guilty of defrauding Allied Irish Banks through deception and forgery to obtain finance.

Four charged in Nigerian corruption investigation

Paul Jacobs, Bharat Sodha, Nidhi Vyas & Trevor Bruce were charged with conspiracy to corrupt in relation to the tax affairs of a Swift Group company.

Weavering Hedge Fund: criminal charges

Ulf Magnus Peterson, the founding director of Weavering Capital (UK) Limited, was charged with six offences in relation to an investment fraud.

LIBOR: three arrested

Today the Serious Fraud Office executed search warrants in connection with the investigation into the manipulation of LIBOR.

Stockbroker jailed for “Ponzi” fraud

Former stockbroker, Nicholas Levene, was sentenced to 13 years after pleading guilty to fraud, false accounting and obtaining a money transfer by deception.