microrobert
03-18-2012, 09:57 AM
Israeli fraudster fights UK attempt to seize assets
British police want to confiscate the property of a lawyer who swindled Holocaust survivors
A jailed lawyer who defrauded Holocaust survivors out of tens of millions of pounds will ask the Supreme Court tomorrow to block an attempt by British police to seize his multimillion-pound assets. In a landmark case, the convicted fraudster Israel Perry is claiming the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has no powers to confiscate his luxury homes and valuable art collection in the UK and elsewhere in the world.
Soca has frozen two UK bank accounts linked to Perry containing £14m, as well as an expensive property in Mayfair, London. Controversially, the High Court in London also gave the agency permission to freeze properties in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, in New York and on the French Riviera, as well as art and antiques, including works by Chagall, Anthony Caro and Léger.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/israeli-fraudster-fights-uk-attempt-to-seize-assets-7576433.html
British police want to confiscate the property of a lawyer who swindled Holocaust survivors
A jailed lawyer who defrauded Holocaust survivors out of tens of millions of pounds will ask the Supreme Court tomorrow to block an attempt by British police to seize his multimillion-pound assets. In a landmark case, the convicted fraudster Israel Perry is claiming the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has no powers to confiscate his luxury homes and valuable art collection in the UK and elsewhere in the world.
Soca has frozen two UK bank accounts linked to Perry containing £14m, as well as an expensive property in Mayfair, London. Controversially, the High Court in London also gave the agency permission to freeze properties in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, in New York and on the French Riviera, as well as art and antiques, including works by Chagall, Anthony Caro and Léger.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/israeli-fraudster-fights-uk-attempt-to-seize-assets-7576433.html