In his latest op-ed, for the Toronto Star, our Head of Firm Martin Kenney opines on the likely effectiveness (or otherwise) of the USA’s Corporate Transparency Act, which will create a beneficial ownership database and require the filing of beneficial information from 1st January next year.
On 6th June, our Head of Firm Martin Kenney, along with Partner Dan Wise, will be taking part in a webinar hosted by the Beverly Hills Bar Association – ‘Cross-Border Divorces and Succession Litigation Issues, a Trip through Alice’s Looking Glass – Part Two’.
Our Head of Investigations, Tony McClements, says that considering the magnitude of fraud that already exists, the UK’s new national “fraud strategy” isn’t likely to have much impact.
The UK government has announced a (much-delayed) new national “Fraud Strategy” – the first since 2011 – but will it be enough? Not by a long shot, argues our Head of Advocacy, Charles Bott KC, who says that tackling fraud has been under-resourced and off the radar as a government priority for far too long.
Marcelo Ruiz notes the importance of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court authorising the seizure of a debtor’s driving license and passport, over non-payment of debts.
Our Head of Investigations, Tony McClements, argues that different agencies need to come together to tackle rampant Covid loan fraud in the UK.
Former Head of Litigation Dan Wise has rejoined BVI asset recovery specialists, Martin Kenney & Co (MKS), as Partner, marking a return to the firm four years after he left.
Martin Kenney welcomes a new initiative from the National Crime Agency to seize corruptly-obtained assets in the UK.
The US Treasury has been eager to establish a corporate ownership registry in its battle against dirty money. Yet the American Bankers Association has described what’s being floated under the Corporate Transparency Act (due to come into force in the US next year) as “fatally flawed”.
Our Head of Investigations, Tony McClements, recently spoke to John Duffley of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) about some of the challenges facing fraud investigators today, including the differences between working in the civil and criminal law spheres.
