Three crooks who laundered funds fraudulently obtained from 350 people tricked into investing more than £12m in a boiler room fraud were sentenced on Friday.

Crispin Odey, the 62-year-old founding partner of Odey Asset Management, has been cleared of indecent assault at Westminster Magistrates Court today. 

Crispin Odey, founding partner of Odey Asset Management, has been charged with indecent assault and is due to appear in court on 28 September at Westminster Magistrates Court.

Six years in jail looms for a former financial advisor who stole over £356,000 from four elderly and vulnerable people, including one with cerebral palsy, the Crown Prosecution Service has reported. Read more...