By Alisha Houlihan for AMLi
A BRITISH lawyer and MLRO has been convicted of “tipping off” a client about a money laundering investigation by the country’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
Co-founder of Osmond & Osmond Solicitors Ltd, William Osmond divulged confidential information about an investigation and forged a document to mislead investigators.
In a statement, the SFO revealed solicitors are “legally obliged not to share details of money laundering investigations into their clients.”
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