R V MN & Others – Blackfriars Crown Court

Operation Pescara

The defendant was charged with conspiracy to defraud over number of individuals of many millions of pounds. This is a case about the operation of two sophisticated “boiler room” frauds. Most of the losers were in retirement and dipped into their savings to invest in good faith that they were led to believe would bring them healthy returns. Our client was a broker who sold diamonds to investors. After a lengthy trial, our client was acquitted of all charges.

R V L & Others – Chelmsford Crown Court

The defendant was acquitted with conspiracy to defraud major charities of several thousands of pounds after a trial lasting for several weeks and a number of witnesses giving evidence.

R V AS & Others – Croydon Crown Court

Applications for asylum and subsequent naturalisation were made using a number of false identities to Home Office. Several thousands of pounds were also paid to people using these identities as welfare benefits. The prosecution served over 10 thousand pages of evidence in addition to voluminous unused materials which needed to be analysed meticulously. After several weeks of trial, only our client was acquitted. This case was reported widely in media given the range and length of the fraud.

R v IL – Southwark Crown Court

The defendant was charged with several others for conspiracy to defraud a charity. This was a very complicated fraud case involving several members of the organised crime group alleged to have carried out multiple transactions to siphon monies belonging to a charity. Of all the defendants charged only our client was acquitted. Large volume of paperwork was analysed and scheduled to prepare for the trial which lasted for several weeks.

R V LS & Others – Isleworth Crown Court

Operation Mandebras

The defendant was acquitted on a multi handed conspiracy to facilitate the commission of a breach of Immigration Law and assisting unlawful immigration to a member state. It was alleged as an organised abuse of the Common Travel Area between the UK and the Republic of Ireland in order to secure the entry into the Uk by particular nationals. Huge amount of paperwork was involved with cell -site analysis and forensics.

R v KG & Others – Snaresbrook Crown Court

Operation Odegard

Represented the defendant who was alleged to belong to Organised Crime Group being charged with 7 others for Conspiracy to acquire, use or possess criminal property namely the proceeds of the sale of stolen and cloned vehicles. It was alleged the group were stealing high range vehicles over 3 years valued in excess of £1.5 million. It was a very sophisticated fraud as OCG steal the vehicles and approach the owners of similar vehicle for sale and then obtain the V5 details from them. They proceed to get the original V5 document for cloned vehicles from DVLA and then sell it on various platforms. After a lengthy trial, the jury were unable to reach a verdict and discharged our client despite a number of other defendants found guilty.

R v KP & Others – Southwark Crown Court

The defendant was charged with mortgage fraud in excess of £1 million paid into his bank account and also being in concerned of supply class A drugs cocaine of 24 kilograms with the value in excess of £1 million.

R v KP & Others – Southwark Crown Court

The defendant was jointly charged with others for defrauding Ministry of Defence, HMRC and DWP in excess of £670,000 and laundered the proceeds. The prosecution was the result of investigations spanning for 6 years and in one of the most complex cases where the prosecution served voluminous amounts of paperwork.

R V JN & Others – Southwark Crown Court

The defendant was charged with 3 others for Conspiracy to defraud various financial institutions in the region of £2 million. It was alleged this was a sophisticated operation running over a long period of during which a host of false identities, various addresses and a plethora of bank accounts were used to disguise the nature of the fraud such that it remained undetected.

R V L & Others – Chelmsford Crown Court

The defendant was a member of one of the largest car ringing gangs in England. It was alleged they conspired to steal high value cars over £700,000 and export abroad. This was a part of an internationally organised crime network spreading multiple countries.

R V P - Southwark Crown Court

An ex police Officer submitted false invoices for several thousands of pounds to local authorities for the works not performed.

R V CP & Others – Snaresbrook Crown Court

This case was investigated by National Crime Agency and involves Conspiracy to make or supply articles for fraud and converting criminal property by number of individuals utilising online identities to provide, host, administer and promote spoofing website, and OTP agency which facilitates online fraud. Our client was alleged to be masterminded this sophisticated fraud. The proceeds were kept as crypto currency wallet containing USD 98,568,953545.

R V SM & Others - Southwark Crown Court

Bollywood Film Fraud

A conspiracy to defraud HMRC by claiming VAT and tax credits on Indian films that were never produced. In this fraud, the HMRC lost in excess of £5 million pounds for the films not made or invoices not being genuine.

R V SJ - Harrow Crown Court

Sophisticated fraud against HMRC and DWP involving a significant degree of planning to make multiple identities for claiming maternity and other social security benefits over £300.000 on behalf of claimants living abroad.

R V B & Others – Southwark Crown Court

Operation Labici

Represented the defendant in a multi-handed £10 million international money laundering case prosecuted by HMRC.

R V JL - Southwark Crown Court

The defendant was a security manager who abused his position by stealing money deposited in parking bays over £225,000.00 for a protracted period of time.

R V K – Snaresbrook Crown court

Allegation of providing forged passports to undercover reporters from a well-known tabloid newspaper whilst working at a solicitor’s firm.

R V HB & Others - Maidstone Crown Court

Apple Fraud

The defendant was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud in excess of £100,000 from over 144 victims. The victims were called on phone informing someone attempted to use their card at Apple store and by using a decoding app collect the details and use at ATM machines. Over 50,000 pages of evidence needed to be analysed in this case including phone records and CCTV evidence.

R V RT – Blackfriars Crown Court

The defendant was charged together with others for conspiracy to defraud Boots Chemists by obtaining and then selling high value drugs on the black market to the value approximately £145,000 over a period of time. These are anti- psychotic drugs to treat schizophrenia and manic depression which can only prescribed by medical professionals and can be dispensed through pharmacy or hospitals.

R V JM – Central Criminal Court

The defendant was charged with fraud making number of travel Insurance claims with multiple leading Insurance companies making loss of several thousands of pounds.

R V A & Others – Snaresbrook Crown court

The defendant was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by making hundreds of false applications and fraudulently taking ‘fake driving tests’ nationwide and earning several thousands of pounds.

R V MC – Chelmsford Crown Court

Operation Subvert

The defendant was charged with others for conspiracy to conceal criminal property. Our client was believed to be involved in an Organised Crime Group who have conspired to commit money laundering through the concealment, disguise , conversion , transfer and removal of criminal property, specifically high value cars parts from stolen vehicles and then the onward movement of those parts to the United Arab Emirates and around UK.

R V SM - Canterbury Crown Court

The defendant was charged with facilitating several illegal immigrants by bringing them in his car multiple times through Uk ports in exchange for large amounts of cash from them by using forged identity documents.

R V SB – Snaresbrook Crown court

Represented the defendant who was charged with DWP fraud of several thousands of pounds for a considerable period of time.

R V P – Snaresbrook Crown Court

The defendant was a tax agent who used the loophole in the system to defraud the authorities thousands of pounds in a sophisticated manner.