Blunders in fraud investigation

The Serious Fraud Office has found itself in hot water over its investigation of property investor Robert Tchenguiz.

The Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) investigation of property investor Robert Tchenguiz hit a new obstacle after the High Court ruled that the search warrants used to raid his properties in 2011 were unlawful. Lord Justice Thomas said that the evidence presented by the agency to obtain the warrants as part of its investigation into the Tchenguiz brothers' role in the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing was "unfair and inaccurate". However, the judge also stressed that the SFO needed more funding, stating that "incalculable damage" would be done to London's financial markets if "proper resources were not made available".

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