UWO: £10m worth of property ‘given up’
A Leeds businessman had to surrender apartments and homes valued at almost £10m to the National Crime Agency (NCA) as part of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO). It is believed that Mansoor ‘Manni’ Mahmood Hussain, 40, a suspected money-launderer acted for numerous criminals including gangsters, murderers and a drug traffickers. Posing as a legitimate businessman […]
SRA back on hunt for price transparency rule breakers
Following the end of the Coronavirus related hiatus on disciplinary action, the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority (SRA) is once again looking at firms who flout the price transparency rules. At the start of this week, Paul Philip, Chief Executive of the SRA provided his monthly update to the board and outlined the steps the organisation were […]
SRA disclose a flurry of email scam alerts in days
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have issued eight separate email scam alerts impersonating law firms in a matter of days. All eight scams were reported on 5th, 6th and 7th October where emails had been falsely claiming to be from a law firm or an individual working for the business – with four of them […]