“The founder and chairman of the JD Wetherspoon, the pubs group, was cheated by a former friend and property adviser, the High Court has ruled.”
The Times, 7th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A buy-to-let property tycoon who conned investors out of millions of pounds to fund lavish lifestyles for himself and the firm’s directors was jailed today.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Darwin (Anne) Regina v Darwin (John)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“In sentencing for fraud, a judge was right to take into account the harm done to individuals who might not have lost financially but on whom the crime had had a devastating impact.”
The Times, 1st April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A major reform of property registration in England and Wales is needed to prevent ‘an exponential rise in fraud’, a building society boss has said.”
BBC News, 30th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne have both lost appeals against their prison sentences.”
BBC News, 27th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“John Darwin, the ‘back-from-the-dead canoeist’ who was jailed for carrying out a ‘sophisticated’ £250,000 fraud, is challenging his six-year prison sentence in the Court of Appeal on Thursday.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Criminal justice measures to enhance fraud prosecutions.”
Attorney General’s Office, 18th March 2009
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“An article a fortnight ago examining the growth in property fraud resulted in a flurry of correspondence confirming that lawyers and consumers alike are increasingly worried about the problem.”
The Times, 19th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Judges will have new powers to bar convicted fraudsters from professsional practice including financial services, legal services and real estate under new anti-fraud measures announced by the Attorney-General today.”
The Times, 18th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A consultant at law firm Hammonds advised a businessman on a $14 million company purchase while simultaneously receiving secret payments to work for the seller, a court heard today.”
The Times, 11th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A global coalition of law firms representing victims of Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme will today meet to plot their case against the fund manager.”
The Times, 9th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Man Financial, the City brokerage, deliberately overstated the value of a customer trading account by millions of pounds in a systematic ‘fraud’, the High Court will hear today. ”
The Times, 9th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A mother-of-three, whose business made more than £20m from selling high speed boats to drugs cartels, has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who faked his own death after conning eBay customers of £23,500 worth of goods they never received has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It’s predicted that fraud will rise as the recession bites – but do we have the mechanisms to fight it?”
BBC News, 24th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sir Ken Macdonald stoked the flames of the debate on how we tackle terrorism with his timely intervention this week on white collar fraudsters. ”
The Times, 24th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Senior lawyers have backed a call by Sir Ken Macdonald, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, who wrote in The Times yesterday calling for a single regulator to fight City fraudsters in order to restore confidence in banks and the financial sector.”
The Times, 24th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The regulation of corporate law in England and Wales needs an overhaul in order to restore public confidence in the sector, according to a College of Law study published today.”
Legal Week, 23rd February 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Fraudulent bankers are more of a danger to society than terrorists and the failure to reassure people that their money is safe is an ‘absolute failure of public policy’, a former Director of Public Prosecutions says today.”
The Times, 23rd February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A defunct British law firm has been fined nearly £1 million for ‘recklessly’ assisting Spanish boiler rooms to defraud British investors out of millions of pounds.”
The Times, 17th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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