£226m Harlequin fraudster handed 12-year prison sentence
After he was found guilty of running the scheme in August 2022
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Harlequin boss found guilty in £226m property investment fraud case
Several thousand victims lost pensions and life savings
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Harlequin adviser banned and fined $60,000
The chief executive of a UK advice firm that distributed high-risk Harlequin products has been banned from holding any significant positions of influence or senior management.
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Adviser banned over unpaid Harlequin fine
A UK financial advice firm has been shut down for failing to pay an Ombudsman fine levied for advice given on a notorious defunct Caribbean hotel scheme.
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IFA ordered to compensate client’s Caribbean investments
An IFA has been ordered to reimburse a client’s losses after she invested her pension into an off-plan Caribbean hotel scheme.
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Harlequin boss in court
The boss of a defunct Caribbean property group Harlequin appeared in Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday facing charges of fraud.
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Harlequin open to bad advice claims after Ucis ruling
Clients of UK advisers who claim they were mis-sold the collapsed Harlequin Caribbean property Ucis investment may be eligible for financial redress from the UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
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Harlequin Property creditors called to bankruptcy meeting
Creditors of stricken overseas investment scheme Harlequin Property SVG have been invited to a meeting on 31 March 2017 to vote on the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee and investigators.
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Harlequin nears liquidation after court refuses more time
Beleaguered overseas investment scheme Harlequin Property SVG is a step closer to liquidation after the High Court in St Vincent and the Grenadines refused to grant more time for the managers to file their proposal to creditors.
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Harlequin boss David Ames charged with fraud
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged David Ames, chairman of the failed Caribbean property group Harlequin, with three counts of fraud.
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KPMG blasts Harlequin boss over investor pay-back plan
The independent trustee of Harlequin Property, the £400m ($509m, €454m) overseas property scheme facing ruin, has blasted the company’s chairman David Ames over how he intends to pay back stricken investors.
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Ex-Harlequin accountants appeal $11.6m UK court order
UK accountancy firm Wilkins Kennedy is appealing against recent a High Court judgement ordering it to pay $11.6m (£9.5m, €10.8m) to Harlequin Property SCG, the company behind the stricken £400m fund.