Paul Schofield

Partner, Llp Member, Solicitor @Farleys Solicitors LLP

Operation Enigma: very large £200m money laundering case involving transfers abroad via money transfer business in the North of England. We act for company director and MLRO, one of 15 defendants.Operation Inertia I: a massive ‘Carousel’ or ‘MTIC’ fraud involving alleged loss to the Revenue of £165m, described by HMRC as ‘the largest case of its kind’ involving voluminous paperwork ‘if all printed off would stretch for 28 miles’. The main part of the case has been concluded at a Crown Court in London with us securing a marvellous result for our client a former company director. She faced the main charge of conspiracy to cheat HM Revenue but after painstaking defence preparation and hard negotiations, the Crown agreed to drop the case against her. Other defendants convicted of the main offence were sentenced to between 8 and 17 years in prison.Operation Inertia II: a later stage of the above, again an excellent result for our client in that he did not go to prison for his accepted involvement in the matter.Operation Elveden: investigation by London’s Metropolitan Police into alleged corrupt payments by members of the press to public officials for ‘Royal stories’. Linked to Operation Weeting: We act for former Army officer.Operation Valgus: conspiracy to defraud, a wide ranging mortgage fraud involving professional defendants and very many properties. We act for mortgage broker/packager, case in Wales.Operation Sunset: investigation into high class escort agency in the North of England and related offences including money laundering.Read more of Paul\'s recent notable cases