On Monday, US district judge Loretta Preska found Steven Donziger to be guilty of six contempt charges brought against him for refusing to transfer evidence in a complex legal dispute that set Donziger directly against oil company Chevron. Preska said that the lawyer had “repeatedly and willfully” defied court orders and said it was time […]
Stephen Halloran, Director at Lawtons Solicitors, criminal defence solicitors in London share their expertise on the difference between wrongful and fraudulent trading. Wrongful and fraudulent trading are two different types of trading offences that company directors should be extremely mindful of. The main difference between the two is the intent and deception behind the actions. […]
Following the announcement last week by the Serious Fraud Office that Amec Foster Wheeler Energy will pay a £103m penalty in a Deferred Prosecution Agreement to settle 18 years of corruption allegations, Alex Swan, senior associate in the Financial Crime team at BCL Solicitors LLP, examines the implications of these much-criticised agreements between regulators and […]
Meng Wanzhou is facing extradition from Canada to the United States on charges of bank fraud, having allegedly misled UK bank HSBC regarding Huawei’s business dealings in Iran, which potentially caused HSBC to breach US sanctions. Wanzhou has been under house arrest in Vancouver since December 2018. Her legal team have argued that the 300 […]
On Thursday, celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for attempting to extort up to $25 million from sportswear giant Nike.
On Thursday, the Trump Organization’s CFO, Allen Weisselberg, surrendered himself to authorities in New York as he and the Trump family’s company prepare to face criminal charges in a tax-related probe. Weisselberg has worked for the Trump family for almost fifty years. The criminal charges are the first against Trump’s company since prosecutors launched investigations […]
The US justice department has been pushing to extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou from Canada. In 2018, she was arrested on a US warrant at Vancouver airport on charges of fraud. Wanzhou’s detention enraged the Chinese government and has brought the relationship between Beijing and Ottawa to its lowest point in many years. Lawyers defending […]
Niall Hearty of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli considers the increasing appeal to the authorities of account freezing orders and account forfeiture orders. The force issued account freezing orders and account forfeiture orders against assets with a total value of £36 million in 2020 – a figure that dwarfs the 2019 total of just under […]
The UK has announced – and has already used – new powers to tackle corruption. Syed Rahman of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli wonders just how much of a force for good the UK is set to become. Announcing a strengthening of sanctioning powers, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab spoke on how the UK has become […]
Brian also discusses the legal criteria for asset forfeiture and the powers of the Australian Federal Police to confiscate property believed to be connected to a criminal act. Having your assets confiscated due to criminal allegations can have deleterious effects; how should clients prepare themselves for investigations and cases in order to lessen the potential […]
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