Two solicitors have appeared at City of London Magistrates Court after being charged with offences in connection with a series of various commercial mortgage frauds.
Mark Knights of Cheshire and Kamran Malik of Birmingham are charged with three counts of obtaining a money transfer by deception contrary to section 15A Theft Act 1968. The proceedings are to be transferred to Southwark Crown Court. At the time of the fraud, Mark Knights was employed at Mace & Jones Solicitors in Manchester and Kamran Malik was a partner in A&H Solicitors in Birmingham. These proceedings relate to the same investigation where six individuals were charged with in connection with the same offences in December 2009. It is alleged the frauds involved dishonestly obtain...
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