Title: Money Laundering Case Examples | What was the outcome?
Headings: Money Laundering Case Examples
Money Laundering Case Examples
Money Laundering Case Examples
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What are money laundering offences?
Money laundering case examples
Money laundering cases defended by Stuart Miller Solicitors
What are the sentencing guidelines for money laundering offences?
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Content: Generally, the more money involved, the harsher the punishment. The maximum sentence for money laundering is 14 years’ imprisonment if tried at the Crown Court and a maximum of 12 months if you are being tried for more than one offence at the Magistrate’s Court (the maximum is six months if you are being tried for one offence). As with other crimes, the courts may look at mitigating factors that could reduce the sentence you are given. Mitigating factors might include: Being forced into participation (for example, if someone threatened you to hide money for them)
Showing a high level of remorse
The given offence being your first offence
Good character references, including good professional references that show this behaviour was out of character
The impact that imprisonment may have on your family, particularly vulnerable persons like children or immediate family members with serious health conditions
The presence of any serious medical conditions that require you to have ongoing, long-term, urgent, or intensive treatment
Whether your participation was legitimate at the start, and only later became illegal through deliberate or accidental actions
Your willingness to provide compensation or apologies to the victims
Your willingness to cooperate with authorities in providing information about your involvement and the involvement of others
Whether extenuating circumstances, such as serious financial hardship that affected your family, was a reason for your participation in the money laundering
Money laundering may also entail other consequences, such as ancillary orders (additional restrictions on your financial and business life, for example: confiscations, requirements to pay reparations, and paying compensation). Read more about money laundering sentencing. As with other criminal prosecutions, money laundering cases have to be dismissed if there is not sufficient evidence to convict, but where there is evidence against you, you may be able to rely on one of the following general defences to have your sentence reduced or case thrown out altogether: Duress. As mentioned, if someone forces you into participation in the money laundering (either through physical violence, threats to your family, attacks on your business, or similar pressures), you may be able to rely on the defence of duress.