Ex-adviser jailed for stealing thousands to pay off mortgage
A former director of a company that provided financial advice to the Law Society of Northern Ireland has been jailed for six months for stealing thousands.
A former director of a company that provided financial advice to the Law Society of Northern Ireland has been jailed for six months for stealing thousands.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has lost a US Supreme Court case to force an investment adviser to repay nearly $35m (£27m, €31m) his companies stole, as his actions fell outside the statute of limitations.
A film scheme that counted David Beckham, Wayne Rooney and Gary Lineker among its investors has lost a court challenge on a technical point linked to First Tier Tax Tribunal decision which had resulted in an extra £700m ($899m, €802m) tax bill.
Five former executives connected to collapsed Australian finance group MFS have been ordered to pay more than A$600m (£350m, $450m, €400m) in compensation to investors by the Supreme Court in the state of Queensland.
A “heartless” adviser and his wife have been found guilty of swindling people out of £1.7m (€1.9m, $2.1m) after the longest trial in UK criminal history.
A former financial adviser in the UK has denied forging clients’ signatures so he could invest £1.26m (€1.47m, $1.62m) of their money into a high-risk Polish property fund for his own benefit.
Switzerland’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government can comply with a French request for information about a UBS client’s bank account, despite the request probably being founded on stolen data.
HM Revenue & Customs’ seven-year pursuit of Rangers Football Club for aiding and abetting tax avoidance ended on Thursday after two days at the UK supreme court, with a judgment expected within three to six months.
An estranged daughter has lost a supreme court bid to overturn her mother’s will, which excluded her only child and left her £0.5m ($0.6m, €0.57m) estate to three animal charities, in a decision that leaves things “slightly confused”, says Old Mutual Wealth’s Rachael Griffin.
Jersey chief minister Ian Gorst has signed an agreement to allow the return of over £3m ($3.65m, €3.46m) of stolen assets to Kenya.
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that an unmarried woman is entitled to her late partner’s occupational pension in a landmark decision that could have wider repercussions for pension schemes.
The founder and managing director of defunct Jersey-based IFA firm Lumiere Wealth, Christopher Byrne, has appeared in court for a fourth time and been granted bail.