Confiscation Issues

Defendant was subject of an investigation by the National Crime Agency into the manufacture and distribution of fraudulent identity documents that were being used to facilitate fraud and money laundering offences by foreign nationals in the UK. Defendant was subsequently charged with conspiracy to supply and make articles for the use of fraud, contrary to section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and section 7 of the Fraud Act 2006. The defendant was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison was made subject of confiscation proceedings. We were asked to assess the defendant’s Benefit and Available Amount and to identify the sources of his income.