FCA censures firm over mini-bond scheme
11,000 investors lost over £237m between 2014 and 2019
Serious Fraud Office
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Advice company names joint managing director, as platform hires COO
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Directors charged with fraud over Costa Rica plantation investment scheme
‘Abrupt collapse’ of company saw around 3,500 UK investors lose £70m
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Ex-LCF boss handed 10-month sentence for restraint order breach
But it has been suspended for two years
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£226m Harlequin fraudster handed 12-year prison sentence
After he was found guilty of running the scheme in August 2022
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£100m fraudster jailed for 14 years
He was guilty of ‘the most egregious and persistent offending’
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Investment manager convicted over role in £100m fraud scheme
He hid victims’ money in offshore accounts to fund his luxury lifestyle
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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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Green investment scam duo jailed for 11 years
Victims were unable to retire and suffered ‘prolonged distress and mental anguish’
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Green investment scam duo found guilty
They took £37m from around 2,000 victims
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Fraudster jailed for 6 years after failing to pay confiscation order
He was part of a trio which conned investors out of more than £70m
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£4m returned to boiler room fraud victims
They were conned out of £70m by bogus stockbroking firms in Spain