Serious, Fraud, Business Crime & Regulatory Cases

Please find below brief descriptions of serious, fraud, business crime and regulatory cases in which we are currently defending.

Current Business Crime Cases

• R v. RH 'Operation Inertia' - a very substantial prosecution brought by HMRC alleging over £150 million of VAT fraud - a 'Carousel / MTIC' case involving mobile phones. We are acting for one of the main defendants out of 10.
  
  Case to be tried in London, probably January 2010.
  
  
  
• R v. HS & 8 others - 'Operation Duma' - HMRC prosecution of 'Carousel / MTIC' fraud involving alleged loss of revenue of £50 million.
  
  Case to be tried in Midlands in late 2009. 
  
  
  
• R v. DAK & 4 others - Alleged conspiracy to defraud over lengthy period involving approximately £4 million of public money paid to waste disposal company.
  
  Case to be tried in North of England in 2009. 
  
  
  
• 'Operation Erasure' - HMRC investigation into Carousel / MTIC fraud.  Very extensive case at investigation stage involving many suspects nationally, and very high revenue losses alleged. 
  
  
  
• R v. DS & others - 'Operation Windsock' - HMRC prosecution of alleged fraudulent evasion of approximately £2 million of excise duty following cigarette smuggling operation from the Far East via the USA and into the UK. 
  
  Case to be tried in the north of England in late 2008.
  
  
  
• R v. IK & 9 others - 'Operation Cambist' - HMRC case involving large scale importation of tobacco and cigarettes and alleged evasion of £22 million. 
  
  Case to be tried in Manchester late 2008.
  
  
  
• R v. STB & 13 others - HRMC prosecution of an alleged VAT fraud involving approximately £1.7 million. 
  
  Case to be tried in Liverpool in 2009. 
  
  
  
• R v. JS & 1 other - DWP  /  Department of Health prosecution relating to alleged offences contrary to the Medicines Act and importation of 'viagra' from the Far East. 
  
  Case to be tried in London late 2008. 
  
  
  
• R v. RK & 7 others - 'Operation Talmine' - Electoral fraud case arising alleged misuse of postal / proxy voting system in the General Election of 2005.
  
  Case to be tried in the North of England in 2009. 
  
  
  
• R v. BF, NS & 1 other - Case alleging high value money laundering following substantial theft by employee of approximately £2 million from national insurance company - alleged fictitious accident claims.
  
  Case to be tried in the Midlands in the Autumn 2008.
  
  
  
• R v. NE & 7 others - 'Operation Adult' - Large scale money laundering case arising from alleged mortgage fraud and cannabis factories. 
  
  Case to be tried in Norfolk late 2008. 
  
  
  
• R v. NJ & others " - 'Boiler room' enquiry involving very large amounts of money / dealings in shares / international elements - Far East, Caribbean & Europe.
  
  
  
• Police v. RD - Large scale national fraud enquiry into alleged abuse of 'digi boxes'.
  
  
  
• Police v. JT, LT & 9 others - Long running and extensive Police investigation into international revenue fraud involving engineering parts and other goods.
  
  
• Police v. CM & 4 others - Police enquiry into activities of investigation into independent financial advisor and others, over lengthy period and involving fraud and money laundering. 
  
  
  
• R v. IB - Solicitor  / estate agent in Lancashire charged with Trading Standards offence involving alleged property mis-description.  Case won on submissions at the Magistrates Court.  Prosecution Appeal to the High Court was defended by us successfully. 
  
  
  
• R v. MG - Proceeds of Crime Act Proceedings involving former bank manager and misappropriation of substantial funds.
  
  
  
  
• R v. SH & 7 others - 'Operation Tancred' - Proceeds of Crime Act Proceedings following substantial international fraud involving damp proof coursing and other building activities.
  
  
  
• HSE v. CL Ltd, JW & DC - Health & Safety Executive lengthy investigation following fatal accident at quarry.
  
  
  
• HSE v. TS & 2 others - Joint Police and Health & Safety Executive lengthy investigation following fatal accident at a building site. 
  
  
  
• Trading Standards v. WS - Trading Standards prosecution involving allegations of trading in counterfeit clothing of a substantial value.
  
  Case to be tried at Manchester Crown Court in late 2008. 
  
  
  

Current Serious Crime Cases

• R v. NN & 14 others 'Operation Greengage' - Substantial importation of Class A drugs and firearms from the continent.
  
  Case pending trial at Preston Crown Court.
  
  
  
• R v. DMK - Murder.
  
  Case pending trial at Preston Crown Court.
  
  
  
• R v. GR 'Operation Caneadea' - Murder.
  
  Case pending trial at Old Bailey.
  
  
  
• R v. HG & 9 others - 'Operation Jupiter / Viola' - Conspiracy to murder case arising from gangland killings.
  
  Case pending trial at Liverpool Crown Court to be heard late 2008. 
  
  
  
• R v.  VTK & 7 others - 'Operation Ivy' - International people trafficking case involving ladies from Eastern Europe, for the purposes of prostitution along with Confiscation proceedings. 
  
  
  
• R v. OSS & 6 others - 'Operation Tigerfenix' - Substantial importation of Class A drugs valued at approximately £15 million into Wales from Brazil by boat.  Confiscation proceedings.
  
  
  
• R v. NAT  - 'Operation Holly' - International trafficking (for the purposes of prostitution of ladies from Brazil via mainland Europe into the North West of England).  Confiscation proceedings. 
  
  
  
• R v. NS - Doctor charged with alleged indecent assault upon a female patient. 
  
  Trial pending. 
  
  
  
• R v. JG - Historic abuse allegations over a very long period of time.