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Corporate crime update - United Kingdom

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • April 12 2013

An Edinburgh solicitor has been jailed for four years for his role in the laundering of £1.8m. Richard Housley was also convicted of income tax fraud

Corporate crime update - 21 March 2013 - United Kingdom

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 21 2013

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has published revised guidance on submitting a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR). This replaces the 'Top Ten

Public bodies not obliged to provide cross-undertakings to third parties affected by freezing injunctions

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 21 2013

On 27 February 2013, the Supreme Court gave its judgment in The Financial Services Authority v Sinaloa Gold plc and others and Barclays Bank plc

Individual fails in large misselling claim concerning leveraged investments in structured notes

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 13 2013

In a strongly worded judgment, the Commercial Court has dismissed a large misselling claim brought by an individual in connection with a number of

Equities trader receives 2 year sentence for disclosing inside information

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 8 2013

Paul Milsom, a senior equities trader, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for improper disclosure of inside information about forthcoming

Corporate crime update - 13 February 2013 - United Kingdom

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 13 2013

Four appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with two offences of conspiracy to corrupt following a two year investigation into allegations

DPAs for the FCA? A new year’s enforcement treat

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 2 2013

As New Year's resolutions go, "read Schedule 16 to the Crime and Courts Bill" may not have been top of anyone's list. Buried, however, in the Bill's

SFO investigations, bribery and corruption

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 5 2012

The Department for International Development (DFID) has announced that it has suspended all aid to the government of Uganda with immediate effect due to concerns emerging from an ongoing investigation into corruption

Terrorist financingsanctionsmoney laundering

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 5 2012

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a summary of its plenary meeting held in October 2012

Market abuseinsider dealingFSA enforcement

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 5 2012

The FSA has published two final guidelines as follows: FG1220 - anti-bribery and corruption systems and controls; and FG1221 - banks' defences against financial crime