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Jul 5, 2024 | 
russell-cooke.co.uk | Frances Murray
Frances Murray , partner in the criminal and financial crime team at Russell-Cooke, speaks alongside Vijay Rathour and Sarah Wrigley, both of Grant Thornton, covering topics such as sanctions, the new powers for Companies House, the ‘’ offence, the Financial Conduct Authority’s update on reducing and preventing Financial Crime, Suspicious Activity Reports and AI-enabled financial fraud to be discussed.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
russell-cooke.co.uk | Fiona Read |Kate Hamilton |Frances Murray |Katie Longmate
Russell-Cooke is delighted to announce that four partners across our family and children and criminal and financial crime teams have been recognised in Spear's 500 2024. Fiona Read and Katie Longmate are included as 'Top Recommended' in the 'Family Lawyers' sub-category, while Frances Murray and Kate Hamilton are 'Recommended' in the 'Criminal Law & White-Collar Crime' and 'Family Lawyers' sub-categories respectively. All have been featured in previous editions of Spear's.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
russell-cooke.co.uk | Frances Murray |Emily Russell
Partner Frances Murray and associate Emily Russell from the financial crime team along with immigration associate Harry Yu explore the implications of being served with an Account Freezing Order (AFO) on one's UK visa status and future immigration prospects. What is an Account Freezing Order? The Criminal Finances Act 2017 amended Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to introduce Account Freezing Orders (AFO) and Account Forfeiture Orders (AFRO).
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
russell-cooke.co.uk | Frances Murray
On 1 June 2023 the National Crime Agency (NCA) published new ‘Guidance on Submitting Better Quality Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)' which can be accessed . It is evident that the NCA were concerned about the quality and detail provided in some of the Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) submitted previously and have therefore produced a document providing further clarification.
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Jun 20, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Frances Murray |Emily Russell
On 1 June 2023 the National Crime Agency (NCA) published its new
guidance on submitting better Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
which can be accessed
This updated guidance details changes made to the threshold for
reporting a Defence Against Money Laundering (DAML), in effect from
5 January 2023 in the United Kingdom, which affects banks, deposit
taking firms, e-money firms and payment institutions.
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Jun 14, 2023 | 
russell-cooke.co.uk | Frances Murray
On 1 June 2023 the National Crime Agency (NCA) published its new guidance on submitting better Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) which can be accessed This updated guidance details changes made to the threshold for reporting a Defence Against Money Laundering (DAML), in effect from 5 January 2023 in the United Kingdom, which affects banks, deposit taking firms, e-money firms and payment institutions.
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Apr 26, 2023 | 
russell-cooke.co.uk | Frances Murray
Russell-Cooke is delighted to announce thatFrances Murray, partner in the fraud and criminal litigation team has been recommended in Spear's 2023 Criminal Lawyers Index, where she is ranked as Top Recommended. The Spear's Criminal Lawyers Index is an invaluable resource to find the very best defence and prosecution solicitors and barristers who specialise in high value financial crime, fraud and regulatory wrongdoing.
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Apr 11, 2023 | 
russell-cooke.co.uk | Frances Murray |Emily Russell
Proposed legislation currently being scrutinised in the House of Lords could create criminal liability for corporate entities that fail to prevent fraud, false accounting or money laundering. The amendments form part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill), a Government-sponsored bill which includes as one of its stated objectives the need to prevent organised criminals from using companies and other corporate entities to abuse the UK’s open economy.
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Mar 29, 2023 | 
russell-cooke.co.uk | Frances Murray |Emily Russell
On 17 March 2023 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recovered more than $7,699,204 from the convicted money launderer, Mario lldeu de Miranda (Mr Miranda) after their investigation revealed he had channelled the proceeds of crime through multiple international bank accounts using a variety of different company names. To date this is the largest amount seized by the SFO in a single bank account.
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Feb 24, 2023 | 
russell-cooke.co.uk | Frances Murray |Emily Russell
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the main financial regulatory body for the UK. The role of the FCA is to regulate financial firms and, ultimately, ensure the integrity of the financial markets in the UK is upheld. Firms carrying out cryptoasset activity in the United Kingdom have had to comply with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (the MLRs) since January 2020.
