Serious Fraud case reports

Below are some example reports which cover a broad range of recent cases the Hodge Jones & Allen Serious Fraud team has handled.

Operation Aladdin: defending a client accused of a £1 million motor insurance fraud. Prosecuted by the CPS Serious Casework Section.
Operation Tertiary: defending a client involved in a large-scale internet banking ‘phishing’ fraud who was charged with conspiracy to cheat the clearing banks and money-launder the proceeds. Prosecuted by the National Hi Tech Crime Unit.
R v T: defending a client in a £100 million VAT fraud based on missing traders, involving six company directors/secretaries. Prosecuted by HM Customs & Excise who sought a £1 million confiscation order. We successfully secured a 90% reduction in the confiscation order for our client.
R v N: £750,000 fraud involving false accounting. Prosecuted by HM Customs & Excise with concurrent investigations by IR and DTI. We argued Abuse of Process in relation to how HMCE prosecuted Mr N.
R v C: defending a client in a £100 million evasion of excise duty case and subsequent money laundering charges. Prosecuted by HM Customs & Excise.
R v S: defending a client in what Customs & Excise described as one of the largest ever money laundering investigations, involving a number of UK companies laundering seven figure sums for Columbian drug cartels and money transfers spanning four continents. The case required complex investigations in several foreign jurisdictions. We analysed and reconstructed the business to disprove the majority of “suspicious” transactions and the confiscation order was negotiated down from £5 million to £100,000.
R v H: defending a client involved in an advanced fee fraud who allegedly benefited by £2 million. Financial adviser promised a range of “commercial developments” and “government contracts”. The prosecution was the result of an undercover police operation spanning three continents. Our proactive defence involved obtaining key business documents from abroad.
R v L: this case involved an £80 million ‘insider’ deception/burglary. Our client was a computer technician employed by specialist computer company, who allegedly passed on ‘confidential’ information to facilitate burglaries. Computer equipment worth millions of pounds supplied to multinational firms and the defence industry was central to the case.
Operation Acclaimer: defending the largest ever investigation into the organised theft, cloning and handling of a substantial number of stolen high performance motor vehicles. The total loss amounted to £2 million.
Operation Calix: representing a client in an extensive investigation and prosecution by the DWP into the fraudulent encashment of order books/giro cheques as a result of their in transit theft from the Royal Mail postal system. The total loss amounted to at least £500,000.
Operation Varsity: preparing the defence in a complex confiscation claim following convictions for the importation of cannabis and the manufacture of amphetamines. This case involved the largest amphetamine factory ever discovered in the UK and alleged benefits of over £1 million. We negotiated a greatly reduced confiscation order on behalf of our client.

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