The Dark Money Files

Taking a slightly different direction from our normal content, we step back and look how the landscape of crime has changed over the years, and how in the process it has become democratised.Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfil

Following the news that nearly 800 restaurants in the UK have been cloned over the last few weeks, we thought we’d bring you the story behind the story. Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

It’s over to EUAfter a succession of episodes looking at the UK financial crime landscape, we shift our focus over the channel to Europe and the proposed changes to EU AML legislation.Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.c

Following some recent banking shenanigans, there’s been a rapidly introduced change in the UK law relating to PEPs.We think it needs to be put into a global context.Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

In this second part of our review of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, we look at the provisions relating to failing to prevent fraud, crypto assets, information sharing and Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/da

Following the enactment of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, reform is on the way to Companies House.But what does it look like and when will it happen?Here's our initial overview.Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.the

In this episode we walk the path from certainty to impossibility, via probable, possible and plausible.A conversation involving wind turbines, zebras and UFOs.You need to listen to understand!Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyf

In this second episode devoted to ultimate beneficial ownership, we delve into the world of exchange traded companies and the esoterica that is trusts.Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

In this episode we, somewhat belatedly, begin to tackle the thorny issue of identifying ultimate beneficial ownership. And we do so by pointing out that the “ownership” part of UBO is a bit misleading because it doesn’t cover control or influence.But then a UBOCI is a bit of a mouthful.Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-fi

In this episode we walk through a recent, in-depth report into probable VAT and employment tax fraud reported on by Dan Neidle of the Tax Policy Associates, in partiucalr, how various different proessionals, individuals both here and abroad, and social media websites can be used, wittingly or unwittingly, to further the fraudsters aims.Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https