A Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into criminal wrongdoing by multi-million pound overseas investment Harlequin is entering the "final stages", the SFO said, as it asks investors for the latest information on their dealings with the company.
The SFO said it is interested in hearing from any Harlequin investor, both current and previous investors who re-sold or cancelled their investment. It is asking investors to complete an online questionnaire, the answers to which will be used to assist the criminal inquiry, and may form the basis of the evidence given at any subsequent criminal trial, the Fraud Office said. The SFO jointly with Essex Police began investigating complaints about Harlequin - which has taken £400m of investors' money to develop Caribbean villas that were never built - back in March 2013. Alarm was firs...
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