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Tale of UK fraud office's first dirty-cash order involves judgment of house prices

By Martin Coyle ( May 14, 2025, 15:50 GMT | Comment) -- The UK's white-collar crime agency celebrated a milestone in January when it won a judge's backing for its first dirty-cash order against Claire Schools, the former wife of Axiom Legal Financing Fund fraudster Timothy Schools. She was targeted over concerns that a luxury lakeside property was bought with the proceeds of crime, and publication of the full judgment this week shows the detail the judge considered to decide its fate and recoup as much funds for fraud victims as possible. The award to the UK's Serious Fraud Office of its first dirty-cash order and a subsequent freezing order against a fraudster’s former wife was made due to concerns about the house being sold for less than it was worth, a judgment published this week shows....

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