Criminal Fraud

Representing a company director who sold £6m of aircraft parts with forged safety certificates causing airlines to ground their entire fleets while the parts were replaced

Environment Agency investigation into fraud in the context of the plastic recycling sector

Acting for a 3rd party victim of fraud, making first successful applications under s303Z17A POCA when the Court returned frozen funds to the client, a Spanish energy company

Defence of the principle defendant in a high value international fraud and money-laundering operation, involving the recycling of funds through numerous Apple and other high value products, the proceeds of a multi-million pound vishing, fishing and account-capture frauds

Representing a multinational company and two directors in an MOD Police pre-charge global investigation into procurement fraud and corruption investigations, involving high value military procurement contracts

Lead defendant in the largest HMRC Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) fraud prosecuted by SEOCID

Defending a solicitor, facing counts spanning conspiracy to defraud, fraudulent trading, failure to keep accounting records, and conspiracy to cheat the revenue

Acquittal after decade of proceedings: Conspiracy to defraud HMRC in pension fraud

Prosecution of the former Mayor of Liverpool and others.

Defending an employee of Royal Mail Revenue Protection Department who was alleged to have assisted a Company to defraud the Royal Mail of approximately £33 million pounds of revenue fraud and of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Not guilty verdicts entered.

Cybercrime investigation into corruption across the banking industry. Represented a Banker alleged to have opened 144 fraudulent accounts enabling in excess of three million pounds to be laundered, as well as passing on sensitive details to those committing the Cyber Fraud (£113 million) in operation Kadenza.

13 handed multi-million pound MTIC fraud.

Company’s proprietary claim against directors in priority over CPS confiscation order against the directors

13 Handed MTIC fraud alleged to have caused a loss to HMRC in excess of £20m.

Fraudulent manufacture of substance detection devices sold to private and state security forces worldwide.

Successful appeal (Court of Appeal) relating to an insider fraud at a leading investment bank.

Conspiracy to defraud involving ‘contra-trading’ and offshore operations in the United Arab Emirates.

Advised a company on challenging HMRC’s decision to cancel its registration under the UK anti-money laundering regime, in a matter involving allegations of CJRS (furlough) fraud and PAYE irregularities.

Conspiracy to money launder, a high value international conspiracy to launder the proceeds of an organised crime group.

Private prosecution alleging Fraudulent Trading and Theft.

Defending in a complex £19m fraud whereby bank accounts are infiltrated and emptied using fake identification documents and in some cases by changing names by deed poll

Representing a senior broker at a wine investment company with a £30m turnover. Company was alleged to have mis-sold blue-chip wines by making false claims about wine and its investment potential over an 8-year period.

Airport corruption/ International airport fraud on attempts to get a contract for redevelopment: handing out of concessions and failure to follow procurement rules

Defending allegation of perversion of the course of justice by the creation of false documents for the purpose of fabricating a defence to separate criminal proceedings brought against the company

Defending in prosecution re Unregulated equity release scheme

Defending IFA charged with alleged pension scheme tax fraud

Defending a company director alleged to be part of a Conspiracy to Defraud HMRC of £8m by encouraging investors to liberate their pensions early without paying the tax due

Defending in SFO prosecution re allegedly conspired to misstate and inflate Patisserie Holdings PLC’s cash and fixed asset position, concealing a £94m black hole

Acting for 2 companies defrauded of £3m to bring fraudster to court and recover its loss in confiscation proceedings

Defending a businessman, charged alongside ten co-defendants, with being knowingly involved in a conspiracy to evade excise duty on diesel fuel on a large national scale. The case collapsed due to disclosure failings.

Representing a former Compliance Officer at a company accused of fraudulently marketing and selling a product designed to divest individuals of unwanted timeshares

Proportionality in requiring a defendant to pay the recoverable amount in confiscation proceedings.

20 handed Conspiracy to Defraud the Civil Aviation Authority.

Defending a company director in a series of 3 high value fraud trials involving allegations of investment fraud, fraudulent trading and defrauding Natwest bank.

Judicial Review of HM Revenue and Customs’ investigatory conduct relating to film scheme tax relief and input tax recovery.

Representing one of the individual defendants in a £2 billion claim for bribery and money laundering brought by Kuwait’s national pension fund. One of the largest fraud disputes ever heard in the Commercial Court, with a trial scheduled to run for some 42 weeks over 2025 and 2026, and featured as one of The Lawyer’s ‘Top 20 Cases’ of 2025. Instructed by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan UK LLP.

The most complex tax case HMRC have ever prosecuted. For the first defendant.

Acting in trial proceedings relating to the multi-million pound defrauding of the Royal Mail.

Acting in a large scale international fraud and money laundering operation involving the obtaining and processing through numerous offshore corporations, the proceeds arising from multi million pound boiler room frauds.

Investment fraud boiler room fraud.