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.
Emma Barker is the third recipient of Martin Kenney Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Study of Financial Investigation.
Law360 has interviewed leading fraud and white collar crime barrister, Charles Bott KC, who has joined our firm as our new Head of Advocacy.
It is clear that current whistleblowing rules are not fit for purpose in the UK, argues Tony McClements, and that legislation needs beefing up.
One of the UK’s most highly-regarded serious fraud and white collar crime barristers, Charles Bott KC, has joined world-renowned disputes and asset recovery litigation practice, Martin Kenney & Co (MKS).
Read Martin Kenney and Jamie James on how leading common law jurisdictions have dealt with sanctions against Russia in the latest IFC Review publication, the IFC Economic Report.
British police and the UK government are woefully failing to prioritise fraud as a crime, leading to greater need for third parties to step in with efforts such as private prosecutions, suggests Shaun Reardon-John.
Martin Kenney welcomes a decision by the European Court of Justice that open beneficial ownership registers – sometimes called open UBO registers – are incompatible with the right to privacy. Unlimited transparency isn’t necessarily effective in the battle against economic criminals, he warns.
Staff at Martin Kenney (MKS) in the BVI donated a range of toys to Lions Club Tortola as part of an annual toy drive for Christmas this year.
