A judge said on Thursday that the warrants used by police to raid Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes were unlawful, adding that the criminal investigation into whether he shared sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein can still go ahead.
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Probe Into Andrew Continues After Search Warrants Quashed

By Sophia Dourou

A judge said on Thursday that the warrants used by police to raid Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes were unlawful, adding that the criminal investigation into whether he shared sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein can still go ahead.

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SFO Told To Pay Interest To Cleared Ex-Barclays Traders

By Christopher Crosby

The Serious Fraud Office and the government should repay hundreds of thousands of pounds, with interest, that was confiscated from five City traders whose convictions for rate-rigging were quashed, lawyers for the men told an appeals court Thursday.

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Deloitte Fined £6M, Reprimanded Over Audits Of Transport Biz

By Tom Fish

Britain's accounting watchdog said Thursday it has fined Deloitte £6.05 million ($8 million) and severely reprimanded the Big Four firm after finding serious failures in its audits of a U.K. transport company.

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MFS Ex-Chief Raja Delays Ruling On £242M Funneling Claim

By Robbie Kalus

The former chief executive of collapsed lender Market Financial Solutions avoided on Thursday an imminent hearing over claims he funneled millions of pounds from a financial intermediary linked to MFS into companies he owned and controlled.

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INVESTIGATIONS

FRC Closes Investigation Into Deloitte Audit Of Joules Group

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The U.K. accounting watchdog said Thursday it has closed its investigation into Deloitte's audit of fashion retailer Next unit Joules Group, and will not bring enforcement action.

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62 Detained In €410M Electronics VAT Fraud, EU Says

By Kevin Pinner

European authorities detained 62 people in Portugal, Spain and Italy who are suspected of a value-added tax fraud involving electronics that caused at least €410 million ($460 million) in tax losses across the European Union, prosecutors said.

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LITIGATION

Visa, Mastercard Face £700M Claim Over Brexit Fee Hikes

By Laura Stewart Liberty

Visa and Mastercard are facing a collective action from U.K. businesses seeking more than £700 million ($925 million) in compensation over allegedly excessive fees charged on card payments after Brexit, a former official at the Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday. 

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MS Amlin, Lancashire Settle Fight Over Planes Stuck In Russia

By Joel Poultney

Insurers MS Amlin and Lancashire have separately agreed to undisclosed settlement terms with scores of aircraft leasing companies that sued to claw back money for planes stranded in Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine.

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Motorists Vow To Fight Dieselgate Ruling At Court of Appeal

By Joanne Faulkner

Motorists said on Thursday they would challenge at the Court of Appeal findings that most vehicles in a diesel emissions trial involving some of the largest carmakers contained no unlawful "defeat devices" after the trial judge rejected their request to appeal. 

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POLICY & REGULATION

ESMA Orders Halt To Noncompliant Stablecoin Services

By Isabel Jackson

The European Securities and Markets Authority called Thursday for crypto-asset providers to halt services in connection with noncompliant stablecoins.

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Financial Reporting Council

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Serious Fraud Office

U.S. Department of Justice

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