SFO requests details of advisers who recommended Harlequin

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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a joint investigation with Essex Police into complaints in relation to the Harlequin group.

The business activity of the group includes the marketing, sale and construction of luxury off-plan properties in the Caribbean and elsewhere, and the SFO is asking investors to provide information on any investments they have made. The online questionnaire asks respondents for the target completion dates of the properties purchased and, if the target date has elapsed, the reason given. It also asks investors to provide the details of who introduced them to the investment opportunity, whether sales agents, financial advisers or others. Last week, IFAonline revealed the company had ...

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