December 2, 2024
Jack Talbot and Faye Rolfe have successfully prosecuted a company director Ranbir Singh (aka ‘Rana’) who has been jailed for 6 years for running a multi-million-pound money laundering operation.
The HMRC investigation team trawled over 80 personal and company accounts, some of which Ranbir Singh was able to open by pretending to work for HMRC and the MOD.
His wife Kuldip Badesha was a senior officer in the HMRC compliance team and created two fake HMRC letters on her work computer for her then-husband which enabled him to open two personal bank accounts with Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander.
During their trial at Southwark Crown Court, Ranbir Singh, 46, pleaded guilty to two counts of money laundering and has been sentenced to six years imprisonment. His wife, Kuldip Badesha, 46 pleaded guilty to one count of misconduct in public office and has been sentenced to 14 months imprisonment suspended.
RLC members were instructed by Michael McCrone, Specialist Prosecutor as the Serious Economic Organised Crime and International Division (SEOCID) of the CPS.
Jack Talbot has considerable expertise in fraud, corruption and business crime and is a CPS Fraud Panel Advocate (Grade 4) and is regularly instructed in high-profile and challenging cases. He both defends and prosecutes cases involving corporate defendants and has provided expert advice concerning bribery and corruption charges in the public sector. Read more: Read more: [Jack Talbot]
Faye Rolfe is instructed both to prosecute and defend across the spectrum of offences, including in cases involving Fraud, Money Laundering & Proceeds of Crime, and has been involved in large-scale disclosure review exercises and investigations into international bribery and corruption: [Faye Rolfe]
News stories:
[Independent]
[FT Adviser]
[Telegraph]
[CPS]
