The circumstances in which a money laundering offense may also constitute a substantive criminal offense was the subject of a UK Supreme Court decision last week. A copy of the Supreme Court’s opinion in R v GH [2015] UKSC 24 is here. The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) provides that money laundering includes dealing with property […]

In R v GH [2015] UKSC 24 the Supreme Court considered that money deposited in an account by investors was criminal property, so that the individuals accused (B and H) were entering into, or becoming involved in, an arrangement that they knew or thought would allow for the retention, use or control of criminal property […]

Introduction On 22 April the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of R v GH [2015] UKSC 24. The Supreme Court was addressing the offence of entering into, or becoming concerned in, an arrangement which facilitates the acquisition, retention, use or control of criminal property for, or on behalf of, another person […]