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Business crime: UK Insolvency service closes businesses for misleading sales practices

Three companies based in Bolton in the north of England which used misleading sales practices to solicit sponsorship from businesses have been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by Company Investigations of the Insolvency Service.

Legal Professional : "estate planning advisers" were running a ponzi scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order to shut down a Ponzi scheme targeting retirees in California and Illinois by inviting them to estate planning seminars...

The Legal Professional: US bankruptcies rise in 2009

The USA lumps all kinds of insolvency proceedings under the single heading of "bankruptcy" and so its headline figures are misleading. But behind the headline figure - that there was a...

Aviation : AUS starts action alleging price fixing by Korean Air Lines

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.

F1: Teams ready for Bahrain

It was a momentous moment - Lotus packed their trucks with kit, people and (to the surprise of many) two cars and set off for the airport en route for Bahrain. Williams is chuffed for a different...

F1: Schumacher's return: will the bad boy of F1 behave himself this time around?

Silverstone, 1994. The British Grand Prix. Aiming for his first World Championship, Michael Schumacher in his Benetton, lines up behind Damon Hill and the cars set off on the warm-up lap. Schumac...

Business crime: former chairman of HK company convicted of conspiracy to defraud shareholders

A former chairman and a former executive director of publicly listed Grand Field Group Holdings Limited (Grand Field), charged by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption, have been...