A FTSE 100 multinational speciality chemicals and sustainable technologies company encountered an attempted theft of precious substances by a sophisticated organised criminal gang.

Our client, a large healthcare company, had been defrauded by another business for circa £50m. The individuals involved were based in London, but also had links with the Middle East, and other overseas jurisdictions including the US, Europe, and offshore.

Our investigation team were instructed to assist a victim of crime, who had been persuaded to invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scam.