Amy Shaffron – instructing David Whittaker QC – successfully obtained an arrest warrant against a defendant in a fraud prosecution being brought by JMW on behalf of two victims.

The defendant is the subject of a private court summons charging him with fraud and money laundering offences in the sum of almost £1 million. He is alleged to be a confidence fraudster who duped many people into investing in a bogus fund in the UK. Many of the victims are from outside of the UK and the total value of the alleged fraud exceeds many millions of Euros/pounds.

The application for an arrest warrant came about because the defendant failed to attend the first court hearing following the grant of the summons against him. It was proved that the summons had been served at the correct address and that the defendant was on notice of the hearing.

Following the grant of the arrest warrant, the UK law enforcement authorities were alerted and the defendant will be arrested and brought before the court when he next comes to their attention.