Successful defence of COO accused of money laundering

Rhys Meggy successfully defended F, the Chief Operating Officer of a leading international betting exchange accused of money laundering.

The prosecution were compelled to offer no evidence upon receipt of a defence application to stay the proceedings as an abuse of process during the trial. The application concerned chronic disclosure failures relating to the withholding of clearly exculpatory digital material establishing the innocence of the defendant.

The prosecution's allegations had arisen from the processing of gambling debts owed to one of the world's leading gamblers.

Rhys was led by James Hines QC of Three Raymond Buildings, instructed by Julian Hayes and Habiba Abudulai of BCL Solicitors LLP