On 21st January, Today’s Conveyancer reported that Khalid Mohammed Sharif, partner at London private client firm, Child & Child, was fined £45,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)for failing to carry out adequate due diligence on wealthy foreign clients that were politically exposed persons (PEP). Additionally, Sharif was ordered to pay costs totalling £40,000. Sharif failed to make the necessary associations between the president of Azerbaijan and his daughters, whom he was instructed by to complete 2 property purchases.
https://www.todaysconveyancer.co.uk/main-news/lawyer-fined-failing-identify-panama-paper-clients-pep-status/
https://www.acfcs.org/news/434778/UK-tribunal-fines-solicitor-AML-officer-45000-pounds-for-lax-PEP-CDD-in-case-tied-to-Panama-Papers.htm
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