Manjeet Mohal and Reshim Birk have pleaded guilty to three counts of insider dealing as part of an insider dealing trial brought by the FCA in relation to the purchase of shares in advance of a takeover announcement. They will be sentenced on 13 January 2017. No evidence was put forward to prosecute a third […]

Having been convicted on 29 May 2015 following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, Adam Hawkins was today sentenced to 6 years and 9 months imprisonment for his involvement in operating an unauthorised collective investment scheme through three land banking companies as a result of which over 110 investors lost at least £4.3 million The […]

Julian Rifat, a former trader at U.S. hedge fund Moore Capital, WAS handed 19 months in prison and six-figure fine for abusing sensitive market information and colluding to make illicit profits Julian Rifat and accomplice Graeme Shelley, a former broker at Novum Securities, made more than £285,000 trading on corporate capital raisings before they happened. […]

Having been convicted on 9 January 2015 following a trial, Alex Hope was today sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to a total of 7 years’ imprisonment for defrauding investors of significant sums and operating a collective investment scheme without authorisation. Hope’s co-defendant, Raj Von Badlo, who had earlier pleaded guilty, was sentenced to a total […]