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Timothy Schools of Axiom Legal convicted over role in £100m fraud scheme

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Aug 10, 2022. The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured the conviction of an investment manager for his role in setting up a fraudulent Cayman Islands-based fund. Timothy Schools created the Axiom Legal Financing Fund in 2009 to provide loans to law firms pursuing no-win-no-fee cases. He managed to secure over £100m ($121m, €118m) from…

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SEC Charges 8 in Cross-Border Penny Stock Fraud Scheme

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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ronald Bauer et al. Case No. 1:22-cv-03089 (S.D.N.Y. filed April 14, 2022) SEC announced charges against eight individuals for participating in a long-running fraudulent scheme that generated over $145 million from unlawful sales of penny stocks and caused significant harm to retail investors in the United States and around the…

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