Seema Parikh, Managing Partner of MPR Solicitors LLP and specialist fraud lawyer was retained by a South American national to challenge an investigation by SOCA into a Y300 billion bearer bond fraud. The instruments were seized under the Proceeds of Crime 2002 legislation. The value of the bonds in themselves was staggering and involved multi-jurisdictional enquiries in several countries worldwide including banks in Japan, London and Switzerland. The client was a reputable businessman in his own country. Seema conducted careful and discreet negotiations with SOCA and the Organised Crime Division of the Crown Prosecution Service, following which the client was released on bail and allowed to leave the jurisdiction pending further enquiries into the origins and ownership of the bearer bonds.
During the lengthy bail period, Seema Parikh and the MPR Fraud Team conducted pro-active defence enquiries and gathered information and evidence to support the client’s case. This involved cross-border instructions and negotiations and complex paper trails. We provided our client with a united multi-agency defence team which was successful in convincing the CPS not to prosecute him. We were able to clear our client’s name and restore his reputation which was paramount to him.
We can advise and assist you on your case from our Head Office in Hounslow, Hammersmith office or at our base in the City of London. Our London Fraud Solicitors can also visit you at your offices or whererever you are based.
Please email our specialist criminal defence solicitors on law@mprsolicitors.co.uk or call us on 020 8607 4660 and ask to speak to one of our fraud solicitors. For free 24 hour police station advice call us on our 24 hour arrest line 020 86074660
