Notable Criminal & Fraud Cases

R v DV (2023)

DV charged with Money Laundering offences relating to funds from a fraud perpetrated by her then partner.  We identified significant errors in the Prosecution presentation of the financial evidence and also demonstrated that the pattern of transactions was consistent with the Defendant’s version of events. DV was acquitted of all charges at trial.

R v HB (2022)

Forths Criminal Defence were part of the team who achieved the acquittal of a co-defendant in £266m forgery & money laundering case, centring around Bradford gold dealers Fowler Oldfield.

R v SA (2020)

SA convicted after trial of being part of a money laundering arrangement of £3m, by former managing partner of a leading law firm.

R v MA & MI (2020)

s22 Variation to Confiscation Order.

R v TC (2021)

POCA arising from conviction for producing controlled drug of class B (cannabis). Able to demonstrate double counting by Crown in s16.

R v BG (2021)

POCA arising from conviction for fraud by false representation and money laundering. We were instructed to analyse provided banking material, companies house records, cash deposits and third party receipts.

R v LB (2021)

Fraud by abuse of position. Instructed to consider extent of fraud charged to which D had pleaded guilty. Sum quantified and accepted as being significantly lower than Crown's original assessment.

R v LM (2021)

Pre-trial case of false accounting and fraud from employer by abuse of position. We were able to assess the firm and defendants banking material, payslips and identify possible errors in the crowns figure.

R v JA (2020)

Instructed to analyse finances of family in a case where accused was charged with controlling coercive behaviour (financial element).

R v SFB (2020)

POCA arising from conviction for conspiracy to commit robbery from a jewellers. Able to demonstrate double counting by Crown in s16. Able to demonstrate numerous anomalies in the calculation of stock deemed to have been stolen, the amounts claimed from the insurance company by the "victim" and accounts filed at Companies House by the "victim".

R v AT (2019)

POCA arising from supply of Class A and Class B drugs and money laundering.  We were able to analyse banking material and comparators to exhibits in order to reduce the final benefit figure from £700,180.96 to £329,397.96.

R v AT (2019)

POCA arising from conspiracy to supply and transfer criminal property. We were able to analyse all financial material provided, unsourced deposits and assess house prices as part of the available amount. Forths reduced the benefit figure from £1,070,842 to £297,086.

R v MW (2020)

POCA arising from a large scale OCG charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine. We were able to analyse all financial data, including banking, deposits and HMRC records to reduce the benefit figure from £997,988 to £152,112.

R v MB and Others (2020)

Fraudulent evasion of VAT, Income Tax & CIS Payments. D one of multiple defendants in a large scale payroll fraud. Instructed to identify amounts attributable to D's involvement and demonstrate that D has lesser involvement in the conspiracy as a result.

R v FF (2020)

POCA arising from conviction for conspiracy to cheat the public revenue, namely submitting false claims to, and having them paid by, the Redundancy Service. We were able to trace the monies received from the RS to the various recipient bank accounts and then were able to identify the various money laundering transactions which took place to move the funds and ultimately see how the funds were dissipated, including any amounts paid to the defendant.