News: Financial Crime

Third Libor trial begins

The trial against fiver former Barclays employees has begun at Southwark Crown Court. The defendants are charged with...

8th April 2016

Eurostar clerk acquitted in Operation Boromo

A Eurostar bookings clerk has been acquitted of conspiring to defraud numerous Government agencies, causing losses in the...

26th January 2016

Flash crash trader freed on bail

A UK trader accused of contributing to the 2010 US "flash crash" has been freed on bail after his conditions were changed. ...

14th August 2015

Former Swift executives acquitted after two month trial

Three former executives at Swift, the oil and gas manpower provider, were acquitted on charges relating to alleged corruption...

29th May 2015

Navinder Singh Sarao appears in Court

James Lewis QC represented Navinder Singh Sarao today at Westminster Magistrates Court, A UK trader accused of contributing...

7th May 2015

Costs awarded against SFO

The SFO has been ordered to pay costs arising from the failed "Celtic" prosecution (R v Evans & Others) on the basis that...

13th February 2015

Hedge fund founder guilty of fraud

After a 3 month trial, Magnus Peterson, founder of the Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund, has been found guilty of eight...

20th January 2015

Senior police officer acquitted of thirty counts of fraud

A former Detective Chief Inspector in the Ministry of Defence Police was acquitted of thirty counts of fraud after a four...

12th September 2014

Legal Aid cuts lead to stay application in FCA prosecution

Application was made at Southwark Crown Court to stay the FCA's prosecution of five defendants in a massive land deal fraud....

29th April 2014

Application for wasted costs against US law firm refused

Following the collapse of the SFO's prosecution of Victor Dahdaleh at Southwark Crown Court, Mr Dahdaleh alleged serious...

31st March 2014