While most solicitors endeavour to comply with their anti-money laundering (AML) obligations and avoid being used as a conduit for offences such as mortgage fraud, there are some whose conduct falls significantly below expected standards. The disciplinary digest covers Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) cases where AML compliance failings or involvement in mortgage fraud have been […]

The following cases show solicitors whose conduct falls significantly below expected standards. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) cases where AML compliance failings or involvement in mortgage fraud have been identified and contribute to the sanction imposed. All cases are on the SDT website. SRA v Melvin Douglas Goldberg Decision number: 11464-2016 /Decision date: 25-27 October […]

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal involving breaches of anti-money laundering requirements has recorded the following cases. SRA v Kamran Malik Summary: The Respondent was convicted of multiple counts of conspiracy to conceal/disguise/convert/transfer/remove criminal property in a ‘well-planned and systematic multi-million pound fraud against a number of financial institutions’ which the Respondent carried out with another person. […]

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal involving breaches of anti-money laundering requirements has recorded the following cases. SRA v Michael Gerald Dotchon Summary: The Respondent witnessed signatures on a transfer document of two people he had never met or identified as the true owners of the property.. After completion, he realised that the sale was a false […]