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Millionaire businessman's fraud crimes trial to start next week

Published on 9 Sep 2009 under category: legal

A jury is today (September 9th) being chosen for the trial of a millionaire accused of fraud crimes.

Businessman Trevor Baines is accused of false accounting and money laundering.

Meanwhile, his wife Wendy is charged with false accounting, solicitors working on cases linked to fraud crimes may be interested to hear.

The pair both deny these charges, with the trial set to begin next Tuesday (September 15th) after a seven person jury is chosen today.

It is thought that the case, which is taking place at the Isle of Man's Douglas Courthouse, could take as long as six weeks to reach its completion.

Mr Baines has previously appeared in the Sunday Times' Rich List and is reported to have a multi-million pound fortune.

Earlier this week, research from The Third Man found that Shildon is a hotspot for credit card fraud crimes.

It was found that out of 12,229 monitored online transactions carried out in the northern town between August 1st 2008 and August 1st 2009, 3,014 were fraudulent.

If you require advice on Corporate Fraud please call us on +44 (0)20 7831 0101 and ask for Dan Hyde.