News: Financial Crime

Banker’s girlfriends acquitted

A German banker working in the Mergers and Acquisitions department of the London office of Japanese bank used his two...

15th November 2012

Nick Levene sentenced for £32 million Ponzi Fraud

City trader Nick Levene pleaded guilty to a £32 million Ponzi scheme. Among his victims were leading business figures...

6th November 2012

£10M Majorca investment fraudsters sentenced to a total of 18 years

John Hirst and Richard Pollett were sentenced for conspiracy to defraud having operated an investment fraud from the Spanish...

3rd September 2012

Barrister cleared of VAT fraud

A barrister of 30 years call was acquitted of fraud at the Old Bailey after he was accused of failing to make VAT returns or...

1st June 2012

Royal Academy of Music finance chief jailed for 20 months

Neil Saunders represented Jan Whitehouse, the former financial director at the Royal Academy of Music. She is a 56 year old...

31st May 2012

Vincent Tchenguiz and Robert Tchenguiz

Hugo Keith QC appeared for the Claimant companies and Ben Watson appeared for the Serious Fraud Office in this high profile...

25th May 2012