Proceeds of Crime Act confiscation
Liz assisted an individual who had pleaded guilty to drugs offences and was facing confiscation of his assets.
The forensic accounting work required the review of the work undertaken by the Crown’s expert accountant which had analysed the receipts and payments in the Defendant’s personal and business bank accounts and the source of funds required to acquire assets including properties and cars.
The work involved obtaining and reviewing all the accountancy records for the three businesses operated by the individual, along with all the accountancy working papers and HMRC records.
Liz’s work identified serious errors in the Crown’s analysis of transactions including double counting through amounts being withdrawn from one account shortly before a deposit into another account, identifying withdrawals from accounts to purchase assets, establishing lease transactions in relation particularly to cars and establishing those deposits which were actually legitimate trading income.
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