THE NEED FOR A CRIMINAL DEFENCE FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT
It might seem that the harsh and punitive nature of the UK’s criminal asset confiscation system would make the costly process of predicate criminal litigation less attractive
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Confiscation Proceedings
The Crown routinely commences confiscation proceedings following conviction in a qualifying (financial) crime. The intention is to strip criminals of their proceeds of crimes. Very often the confiscation is too harsh. It is another layer of punishement.
Many commentators call the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 “Draconian”. In confiscation proceedings the Crown can make broad assumtions of criminal lifestyle that can often be hard to defend. The assumptions must be thoroughly unpicked and replaced by reasoned argument. Common sense very often prevails, when a forensic accountant’s report is able to exclude errors such as double (or even triple) counting the same revenue and presents legitimate income clearly. This is often when business or personal records are sparse or even non-existent.
Mark Jenner & Co Limited specialises in preparing robust POCA reports that challenge the Crown’s Section 16 Statements of Information. We ensure that any remaining benefit does no more than reflect actual criminal gains (if any) and that available assets are not inflated by the inclusion of spurious hidden assets.
Expert Accountant For Confiscation Proceedings
Providing such a review of both criminal confiscations and asset forfeiture applications has become a routine part of the work that Mark Jenner & Co Limited carries out
How To Deal With Confiscation Proceedings
Providing expert accountancy reports in Proceeds of Crime confiscations has represented a substantial proportion of the crime and fraud focused work that I have been doing for quite some time… Read More »How To Deal With Confiscation Proceedings
HOW DO CONFISCATIONS OF WEALTH WORK?
Confiscations – the authorities are missing a trick and failing to maximize a self funding process or take advantage of a massive source of income
Expert Forensic Accountancy Services For Confiscations Explained
Confiscation proceedings follow a criminal conviction for a number of different crimes. Anybody making money from illegal activities is likely to commit a qualifying offence. Such offences are those where… Read More »Expert Forensic Accountancy Services For Confiscations Explained
R – v – May
The judgements made by the House of Lords in 2008 in the three cases of R – v – May, R – v – Jennings and R – v –… Read More »R – v – May
The Treatment Of Property In Confiscation Matters
As I regularly see a dozen or more new confiscation proceedings every year as a forensic accountant appointed on behalf of the criminal defence team, I can’t fail but to… Read More »The Treatment Of Property In Confiscation Matters
Confiscation Proceedings
These days confiscation cases seem to outnumber the predicate fraud cases that Mark Jenner & Co assists with. They are self funding for the authorities who will not be cutting… Read More »Confiscation Proceedings
Confiscation Overview
In the UK, the interpretation of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 when using asset confiscation as a weapon in the criminal regulators’ arsenal of sanctions will continue to develop… Read More »Confiscation Overview