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Stephen Bear ordered to pay £22,305 Confiscation Order – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted April 2nd, 2024 in compensation, confiscation, news, pornography, proceeds of crime, video recordings, voyeurism by tracey

‘Today at Chelmsford Crown Court, a Confiscation Order of £22,305 was given to Stephen Bear, to retrieve the ill-gotten gains he accumulated from publishing explicit content to a subscription site without the consent of those involved. The judge has ordered that the victim, Georgia Harrison, be compensated to the value of £5,000, which will be paid out of any monies paid towards the Confiscation Order.’

Crown Prosecution Service, 28th March 2024

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

A case commentary from Jonathan Holsgrove: Marriage and beneficial interests in POCA – R v Thompson – Park Square Barristers

Posted December 20th, 2023 in appeals, chambers articles, confiscation, interest, married persons, news, proceeds of crime by sally

‘R v Thompson [2023] EWCA Crim 1244, saw the Court of Appeal deal with the issue of how to approach beneficial interests in property where the property is in the sole name of a defendant’s spouse.’

Park Square Barristers, 14th November 2023

Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk

Fraudster forced to pay back £1 million to victims – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted December 19th, 2023 in confiscation, Crown Prosecution Service, fraud, news, proceeds of crime, victims by tracey

‘More than 200 people who were conned into buying useless investments have received payouts from the money recovered from the fraudster.’

Crown Prosecution Service, 18th December 2023

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Landlords of crowded London flat that caught fire plead guilty to criminal charges – The Guardian

Posted November 29th, 2023 in accidents, confiscation, fire, houses in multiple occupation, housing, landlord & tenant, news, proceeds of crime by sally

‘The landlords of a dangerously overcrowded east London flat that suffered a deadly fire in March have pleaded guilty to a total of nine criminal charges.’

The Guardian, 28th November 2023

Source: www.theguardian.com

People smugglers ordered to pay over £280,000 from criminal profits in the Essex lorry deaths case – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted November 27th, 2023 in bereavement, compensation, confiscation, Crown Prosecution Service, families, homicide, imprisonment, news, proceeds of crime, sentencing, trafficking in human beings by tracey

‘A convicted people smuggler, responsible for the manslaughter of 39 people who died in the back of a lorry in Essex, has today (24 September 2023) been ordered to pay a total of £65,157.65 to victims’ families through a Confiscation Order made by the court today.’

Crown Prosecution Service, 24th November 2023

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

£9.8 million to be seized from man who produced steroids on commercial scale – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted November 20th, 2023 in confiscation, conspiracy, Crown Prosecution Service, drug offences, imprisonment, news, proceeds of crime, sentencing by tracey

‘Mohammed Afzal who was convicted as part of a conspiracy to produce commercial quantities of illegal medical drugs has been ordered to pay back millions of pounds or face 10 extra years in prison.’

Crown Prosecution Service, 17th November 2023

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

£2million home and large pensions sold to repay fraudsters’ court order – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted October 30th, 2023 in assets recovery, Crown Prosecution Service, fraud, imprisonment, news, proceeds of crime, sentencing by tracey

‘Asset Recovery prosecution specialists have recovered a further £2.7million from two defendants following one of the largest multi-million-pound VAT fraud operations brought to justice by CPS and HMRC.’

Crown Prosecution Service, 26th October 2023

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Family homes connected to man at centre of huge drugs bust seized – BBC News

Posted March 24th, 2023 in confiscation, drug offences, families, imprisonment, news, proceeds of crime, sentencing by tracey

‘Relatives of a man at the centre of one of the UK’s largest cocaine busts have had their homes seized by the courts.’

BBC News, 24th March 2023

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Fraudster convicted decade ago must pay £92,500 – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 20th, 2023 in assets recovery, confiscation, fraud, mortgages, news, proceeds of crime, Serious Fraud Office by tracey

‘A property dealer jailed for one of the UK’s biggest mortgage frauds a decade ago has been ordered to pay a further £92,500 – money which was recovered from a settlement over a donation to a private school.’

Law Society’s Gazette, 17th March 2023

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Jailed accountant who defrauded NHS ordered to pay back nearly £240k – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted January 18th, 2023 in accountants, assets recovery, confiscation, Crown Prosecution Service, fraud, imprisonment, news, proceeds of crime, sentencing, theft by tracey

‘An accountant who was jailed for defrauding the NHS, companies and individuals, has been ordered to pay back nearly £240,000 and faces an additional 20 months in prison if he fails to pay.’

Crown Prosecution Service, 17th January 2023

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Bermuda theft: Accountant faces losing pension for £1.7m theft – BBC News

Posted November 28th, 2022 in accountants, Bermuda, fraud, news, pensions, proceeds of crime, theft by tracey

‘An accountant who stole £1.7m from the Bermudan government is facing losing his pension as attempts to claw back money he took continue.’

BBC News, 26th November 2022

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Gang leader avoids an extra seven years in prison by paying back the proceeds of his part in a dirty cash laundering operation – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted November 17th, 2022 in confiscation, Crown Prosecution Service, gangs, imprisonment, money laundering, news, proceeds of crime, sentencing by tracey

‘A well-known criminal gang leader has avoided another seven years being added onto his seven-year prison sentence after paying back £1,243,270.75, of his ill-gotten gains from a money laundering operation.’

Crown Prosecution Service, 14th November 2022

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

New reforms to recover millions more from the proceeds of crime – Law Commission

Posted November 11th, 2022 in confiscation, enforcement, Law Commission, news, proceeds of crime, statute law revision by tracey

‘The Law Commission has published new reforms to overhaul the system for recovering the proceeds of criminal activities.’

Law Commission, 9th November 2022

Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk

Commission urges reform of ‘ineffective’ confiscation regime – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 9th, 2022 in confiscation, enforcement, Law Commission, news, proceeds of crime, reports, statute law revision by sally

‘Codification of legal decisions reached in more than 500 cases brought under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is among the proposals of a call for reform of an “ineffective” confiscation regime published today.’

Law Society's Gazette, 9th November 2022

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Serial romance fraudster scammed over £324,000 from victims – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted November 4th, 2022 in Crown Prosecution Service, fraud, imprisonment, misrepresentation, news, proceeds of crime, sentencing by tracey

‘A high-value serial romance fraudster has been found guilty today (3 November 2022) of duping victims out of just over £324,000 in an investment scam.’

Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd November 2033

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

CV fraudster must repay some wages, Supreme Court rules – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted August 19th, 2022 in appeals, confiscation, employment, fraud, hospitals, news, proceeds of crime, remuneration, Supreme Court by tracey

‘A fraudster jailed for falsifying qualifications to secure a top NHS job should have to pay back some of the wages he unlawfully received, the Supreme Court has ruled.’

Law Society's Gazette, 18th August 2022

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

New Judgment: R v Luckhurst [2020] UKSC 23 – UKSC Blog

Posted July 21st, 2022 in appeals, fraud, news, proceeds of crime, statutory interpretation, Supreme Court, theft by sally

‘This case concerns whether the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) permits a variation to a restraint order to cover reasonable legal expenses in respect of civil proceedings founded on the same or similar allegations or facts as those giving rise to the making of the restraint order.’

UKSC Blog, 20th July 2022

Source: ukscblog.com

Max Hill QC’s opening speech to the Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted July 13th, 2022 in assets recovery, coronavirus, criminal justice, Crown Prosecution Service, proceeds of crime, speeches by tracey

‘Max Hill QC’s opening speech to the Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference.’

Crown Prosecution Service, 12th July 2022

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Ceredigion salmon poacher pays just £1 of £61,000 ordered by court – BBC News

Posted July 11th, 2022 in animals, confiscation, gangs, hunting, news, proceeds of crime by tracey

‘The leader of a poaching gang ordered to pay more than £61,000 has paid back just £1 after saying he had no money.’

BBC news, 9th July 2022

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Director of Public Prosecutions highlights how more money could be returned to victims of crime – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted June 24th, 2022 in assets recovery, confiscation, Crown Prosecution Service, fraud, news, proceeds of crime, victims by tracey

‘The Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill QC, has today supported the review into legislation to ensure more money can be returned to victims of crime.’

Crown Prosecution Service, 23rd June 2022

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

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