IFA jailed for stealing 200k from clients
A former financial adviser has been jailed for two years after “callously” conning clients out of almost £200,000
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HMRC evasion clampdown sees jump in criminal
The number of criminal prosecutions for tax evasion has grown by a third in the space of a year as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) clamps down on the UK’s £35bn tax gap, according to Thomson Reuters.
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Mansion Student Accommodation Fund investors
A law firm already representing investors in a number of failed funds, is yet again asking investors to get in touch, this time those who invested in the suspended Mansion Student Accommodation Fund (MSAF) range of funds.
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Regulatory Legal sets sights on LM advisers
Regulatory Legal Solicitors, the law firm which is seeking redress for investors in a number of high profile fund suspensions, is now setting its sights on the LM Investment Management fund range.
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Axiom investors urged to come forward
Law firm Regulatory Legal is appealing to investors into the suspended Axiom Legal Financing Fund to come forward in order to seek compensation.
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Law firm begins claims against Brandeaux
A law firm representing 20 former investors in the Brandeaux range of student accommodation funds said it is now in a position to initiate claims against advisers.
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Law firm to pursue compensation for
A law firm acting on behalf of investors in the troubled Brandeaux Student Accommodation Fund is to initiate legal action after plans to float the fund fell through last week.
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baker tilly faces claims over brandeaux advice
Baker Tilly is facing legal action from a group of investors who feel they were wrongly sold the now suspended Brandeaux property funds.
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us lawmakers seek to make it harder
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at making it harder for criminals to carry out financial crimes in the US, in part by putting an end to the ability to form corporations without disclosing the identities of those behind them.
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reg legal duo and ifa entrepreneur
Two partners in the West Midlands-based law firm that has been representing investors caught up in the collapse of the Harlequin overseas property business have launched a new venture with a seasoned UK financial adviser, which aims to give selected “partner” IFA firms seamless access to specialist legal services.
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express kidnapping on the rise
"Express kidnapping", which typically involves people being abducted, robbed and then forced to withdraw money from a cash point or hand over their PIN details, is on the rise in South and Central America, according to red24, a London-based company which specialises in helping people and companies manage such abductions and similar crimes.
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family inheritance disputes jump 19
As the very public inheritance row involving Frances richest woman, L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, and her daughter might suggest, the younger generation does not always react with deferential gratitude to the share of the family fortune they are allocated.