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Solicitor John Fitzpatrick has been sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court to six years' imprisonment for his part in two 'quite spectacular mortgage frauds'.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said it is not able to reach a verdict on the liability of advisers who recommended property investment Arck and who have had a claim against them due to ongoing criminal proceedings against two former...

A group of Lifemark-backed Keydata bond investors are renewing their efforts to organise a public inquiry into the collapse of the investment scheme nearly five years ago, by lobbying their MPs to act.

Harlequin Property's flagship resort Buccament Bay has been hit by violent flooding after torrential rain fall in St. Vincent over the Christmas period which left one resort staff member dead.

A trust designed to safeguard the assets of investors in troubled overseas property company Harlequin is on course to be set up by the end of January 2014, the company has said.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has begun contacting clients of failed firm Tailormade, which was a major distributor of troubled overseas property company Harlequin Property.

Two former partners of Arck, Kathryn Joy Clark and Richard Aston Clay, have today been charged with fraud and forgery offences by the Serious Fraud Office and Nottinghamshire Police.

A former accountant to troubled overseas property company Harlequin has apologised for setting up an anonymous website labelling it a Ponzi scheme fraud.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said it, together with Essex Police, is continuing to investigate complaints into troubled overseas property company Harlequin.

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