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SFO announces convicted individual held in contempt for breaching restraint order

Published on: 29 July 2022
Published by LNB News

LNB News 29/07/2022

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Issue Date: 29 July 2022

Published Date: 29 July 2022

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced that Dr Gerald Martin Smith has been held in contempt of court for breaching a restraint order that prevented him from spending or accessing his assets, except in limited circumstances. Dr Smith was previously sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for theft and false accounting in relation to the misappropriation of over £34m from Izodia plc.

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