The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged multiple individuals with fraud related offences, following a complex investigation into the transfer of £75m in pension funds into storage units based mainly in the North of England and Scotland.
In a statement last week (25 July), the SFO said Toby Whittaker, Stephen Michael Talbot, Stuart Grehan (also known as Stuart Chapman-Clark), Terence Wright and Emma Hawkins (also known as Emma Grehan) had been charged with conspiracy to defraud. It added Stephen Michael Talbot had been charged with money laundering and noted a sixth defendant had also been charged with money laundering. It said Stephen Michael Talbot and Stuart Grehan had additionally been charged with Perjury Act offences. The SFO said that, between 2011 and 2014, over 1,900 UK investors transferred their pensions...
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