Financial Crime
The Times Best Law Firms 2024
ABV Solicitors are proud to announce that we have been ranked for the 4th year running as one of the best law firms in The Times 2024 for: Fraud; Financial Crime; Regulatory; Crime; Here is what The Times say about ABV Solicitors: “In one of the largest prosecutions brought by Royal Mail, the…
Read MoreTop Ranked – Financial Crime and Crime
ABV Solicitors are proud to announce that we are top ranked for Financial Crime and Crime in both Legal 500 and Chambers.
Read MoreSuspended Sentence – Investment Fraud
Deepak Vij and Rohit Sharma secure a Suspended Sentence for our client, charged with a multi-million pound binary options investment fraud. Leila Gaskin of Crucible Law and Zaki Hashmi instructed as Counsel.
Read MoreSuspended Sentence: Fraud
Iram Iqbal secures a Suspended Sentence for our client, facing fraud charges for a Bounce Back Loan prosecution. Furthermore, Iram successfully made representations to the Insolvency Service to discontinue another Bounce Back loan fraud for the same client. Stan Reiz KC of Counsel instructed.
Read MoreSentence Reduction: Fraud
Amirah Ajaz achieves success at the Court of Appeal reducing our client’s sentence, who was the Head of Finance for a digital media company, charged with fraud. Stan Reiz QC instructed as Counsel. R v NG [2022] EWCA Crim 1095
Read MoreDisclosure Failures: Not Guilty
Multi-million pound boiler room fraud: Fergus Harrington represented a company director facing a diamond investment fraud and separate money laundering proceedings. CPS forced to drop the case after we uncovered serious disclosure failings during the trial and not guilty verdicts entered. Natasha Wong QC and James Martin instructed as Counsel.
Read More“Corrupt elites & dirty money”: Economic Crime Act
Article by: Rohit Sharma and Thekla Sorokkou The UK government has been criticised for several years about the lack of transparency in relation to economic crime which has allowed individuals to launder money through the UK. John Penrose, the prime minister’s anti-corruption “champion” acknowledged that it has taken too long for the UK government to…
Read MoreNot Guilty: Conspiracy
Deepak Vij and Rohit Sharma persuade the Crown to offer no evidence for our client facing serious conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and money laundering charges, indicted as part of Operation Challenger. Will England of Mountford Chambers instructed as Counsel. Our client was the only Defendant out of 7 to be acquitted of all…
Read MoreAcquittal: Duty Evasion
Deepak Vij and Rohit Sharma, achieve a not guilty verdict for our client, a Defendant in Operation Curtain (incorporating Operation Beetle and Operation Buttery), a HMRC investigation into smuggling and distribution of non-UK duty paid cigarettes. More than 3 million illicit cigarettes were seized. Trial 1 contained ten defendants, and our client was one of…
Read MoreCash Seized Returned
Robert Borwick secures the return of almost £150,000 of our clients money that was seized by the NCA. As a result of proactive engagement and written submissions to the NCA, the money that was seized and detained last year was returned in full. At an earlier stage, Robert Borwick also represented an individual arrested on…
Read MoreSFO: Disclosure Failings lead to Trial Collapse
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Disclosure Failings Cause Serco Fraud Trial Collapse Article by: Robert Borwick Once again, disclosure failings by the Prosecution, in this case the SFO, have resulted in the collapse of a serious fraud case. Yesterday two former senior executives at Serco were cleared in a case where it had been alleged there…
Read MoreABV Success: UK-US Extradition
Deepak Vij, Director and Amirah Ajaz, Partner of ABV solicitors successfully defend and prevent their client Jabir Siddiq, referred to in court as Jabir Motiwala, from being extradited to the U.S on charges of Narcotics Importation, Extortion and Money Laundering. Read more here.
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