The FSA today fined two accountants a total of £145,000 after an investigation into a boiler room share scam.
Paolo Maranzana was fined £105,000 and banned from working in financial services, whilst Laurence Finger was ordered to pay £35,000 and banned from working as a money laundering reporting officer. Both were investigated for their role in a money laundering operation involving accountancy firm Sedley Richard Laurence Voulter (SRLV) and Natrocell Shareholders Ltd (NSL). In 2008 SRLV, for which Finger was money laundering reporting officer, assisted NSL in fund raising by receiving and dispersing money through its client bank accounts and providing company secretarial and registrar servi...
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