Seven arrests in dawn raids as SFO launches Axiom Ince probe
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today arrested seven people and carried out dawn raids across nine sites, as it announced the launch of a criminal investigation into collapsed law firm Axiom Ince and £66m of missing client money.
It said that over 80 SFO investigators, accompanied by Metropolitan Police officers, arrived at locations in the South-East early this morning to bring individuals in for questioning and search for potential evidence.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) closed down Axiom Ince last month with it on the verge of collapse, having filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators. It had more than 1,400 people in 14 offices.
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