Cases & Results
a client who was charged alongside three co-defendants with conspiring to defraud members of the public through a fraudulent Ecuadorian gold mine investment. The alleged fraud targeted 343 victims who lost a total of £5.4 million. This case was further linked to a number of other significant frauds which had resulted in numerous convictions.
Following days of legal argument and representations by us, the prosecution agreed not to proceed against our client in relation to the principal offence of conspiracy to defraud on the basis that he pleaded guilty to a charge of transferring £60,000 of criminal property on the instruction and for the benefit of a co-defendant, thus substantially reducing his involvement in the case. Keith Instructed Jason Sugarman KC and Jessica Tate of Foundry Chambers
https://www.ftadviser.com/investments/2022/09/26/5mn-ecuador-mining-investment-fraudster-faces-jail/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/city-traders-plead-guilty-to-bogus-ecuadorian-gold-mine-investment-b1038125.html
https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2022/november/four-men-sentenced-for-5.4-million-gold-mine-investment-fraud/
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