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SFO secures £283,000 confiscation order against Harlequin boss David Ames

People

SFO secures £283,000 confiscation order against Harlequin boss David Ames

Comes after 12-year sentence in 2022

clock 26 February 2026 • 2 min read
Six arrested in connection with Home REIT fraud investigation

Property Investment

Six arrested in connection with Home REIT fraud investigation

SFO looking into trust's 'past management'

clock 15 January 2026 • 2 min read
SFO secures six-figure confiscation order against Axiom Legal Financing fraudster

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SFO secures six-figure confiscation order against Axiom Legal Financing fraudster

David Kennedy is currently serving an eight-year prison sentence

clock 22 December 2025 • 1 min read
SFO charges six in 'complex' pension fraud investigation

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SFO charges six in 'complex' pension fraud investigation

Conspiracy to defraud, money laundering and Perjury Act offences among charges

clock 28 July 2025 • 2 min read
Harlequin Group boss guilty of fraud after investors lose £400m

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Harlequin Group boss guilty of fraud after investors lose £400m

Serious Fraud Office win

clock 03 August 2022 • 3 min read

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Three charged by SFO in Axiom fund collapse investigation

Former IFA charged

clock 21 August 2020 • 1 min read

Pensions

SFO opens investigation into pension schemes, totalling £120m

Alleged fraud occurred between 2011 and 2017

clock 23 May 2017 • 2 min read

Pensions

Three things clients may call you about this week...

What made financial headlines over the weekend?

clock 07 August 2016 • 3 min read

Regulation

End game for Harlequin? High Court orders chairman to pay investors £1.3m

Ruling handed down in London

clock 22 February 2016 • 5 min read

Investment

Adviser anger at watchdogs who 'ignored' £50m scam alerts until too late

An adviser has told how he was left suffering clinical depression and reliant on anti-depressants after he fell for a £50m scam City watchdogs repeatedly flouted warnings to shut down.

clock 02 February 2016 • 7 min read