NEW FINANCIAL CRIME SENTENCING GUIDANCE RELEASED FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
May 10th, 2014
DETAILED sentencing guidance for judges and magistrates in England and Wales trying fraud, money laundering and bribery cases has been released, stressing non-financial harm to victims must be taken into account along with monetary losses.The Sentencing Council for England and Wales has released comprehensive sentencing tables categorising the judicial response to each of 20 financial crimes, where proven, taking account of a criminal’s role, the vulnerability of the victim, the scale of the scam and suffering caused. As regards criminal culpability, the ...
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