Fraudulent Trading in UK Law
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The Truth about Dishonesty in Fraudulent Trading under English Law
Case: Pantiles Investments Ltd & Anor v Winckler [2019] EWHC 1298 (Ch) (23 May 2019) - A recent decision of the English High Court (the “Court”) has found a director guilty of fraudulent trading...
- Fraudulent Trading: A Summary In Light Of Bouchier v Booth
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For Fear of Learning an Inconvenient Truth: Third-Party Liability in Fraudulent Trading
Parties within a chain of transactions may face liability for dishonesty and assistance, even if they do not have actual knowledge of fraud. By Stuart Alford QC and Yasmina Vaziri The recent judgme...
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For Fear of Learning an Inconvenient Truth: Third-Party Liability in Fraudulent Trading
Parties within a chain of transactions may face liability for dishonesty and assistance, even if they do not have actual knowledge of fraud. The recent judgment in Bilta (UK) Limited (in liquida...
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CFTC Brings Charges in Fraudulent Bitcoin Trading Scheme
On June 18, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the commencement of a civil enforcement action (the Complaint) against two United Kingdom-based defendants, a purported B...
- Fraudulent Binary Options Trading, Have You Been Targeted?
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FCA confirms ban on convicted fraudster
FCA has confirmed its ban on Philip Boakes following the Court of Appeal’s upholding a conviction for using a forged instrument, fraudulent trading and accepting deposits without authorisation. FCA...... ... ’s upholding a conviction for using a forged instrument, fraudulent trading and accepting deposits without authorisation. FCA had originally ... ...
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FCA bans Macro Fund head following convictions
FCA has issued its final notice against Magnus Peterson following his convictions in January 2015 for fraud, forgery, false accounting and fraudulent trading. Mr Peterson is the former head of the ...... ... in January 2015 for fraud, forgery, false accounting and fraudulent trading. Mr Peterson is the former head of the now-collapsed hedge fund ... ...
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Corruption Charges Brought Against Former Employees of HBOS’s High Risk Lending Unit
On January 8, the Crown Prosecution Service issued a press release stating that eight people had been charged in connection with Operation Hornet, an investigation by Thames Valley Police into alle...... ... , an investigation by Thames Valley Police into allegations of fraudulent trading, money laundering and conspiracy to corrupt at HBOS’s high risk ... ...
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Sales of businesses in distress
When a company enters a period of financial distress, directors must consider the interests of the company’s creditors and, depending on the extent of the financial distress, may need to prioritise...... ... they may potentially incur personal liabilities) include wrongful trading, fraudulent trading, misfeasance and breach of duty ... The government ... ...
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