Bark & Co is reknowned for its competency

and experience in large-scale, complex

fraud cases. The firm has been involved in

many of the high profile prosecutions in

recent years and in the course of their

work, our specialist fraud teams work

closely with individuals, large corporations

and Government organisations. The firm is

now among the top criminal fraud firms for

both size and quality of representation and

deals frequently with cases that involve

both UK and foreign jurisdictions.

Typical work includes all types of criminal

and commercial fraud (VAT and duties

tribunal work, defence of duty evasion,

money-laundering and carousel fraud,

mortgage fraud, investment fraud,

corruption, pension fund fraud, telecoms

fraud, theft, fraudulent trading by company

directors and internet fraud) as well as

business and tax regulation, tax

investigations, white-collar crime and serious

crime. Cases include prosecutions and

investigations brought by all the prosecuting

agencies, notably the Serious Organised

Crime Agency(SOCA), HM Revenue and Customs, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Financial Services Authority (FSA) ,the Special Compliance Office of the Inland Revenue and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). We have also established a leading practice in the field of cash and asset recovery in both the criminal and civil courts and we have particular expertise in successfully tackling Restraint Orders thus enabling our clients to minimise the potentially serious financial effects associated with lengthy proceedings.

Recent examples include an alleged 11-

handed insider share dealing fraud involving

2 prominent investment banks, a high tech

internet based identity documents fraud, a

high profile pensions miss-selling case, a

huge boiler room fraud involving the

laundering of £30M through 6 primary front

companies, a mobile phone based fraud

allegedly defrauding the public revenue of

£250M, false accounting in connection with

the multi-million pound contract to supply

the NHS with a new computer system, false

invoicing over 3-4 years at a major multi-

national that destroyed its share price and

an £85M fraud in an ethical investment

company investing in the energy sector.

Appointed as a founder member of the

Specialist Fraud Panel and Very High Costs

Case Contracting Panel, Bark & Co is

committed to providing the finest legal

advice with the highest standards of care to

its clients.