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SFO secures conviction of solicitor for tipping off client about money laundering probe

News Team, 23/11/2023

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured the conviction of William Osmond, a solicitor, who disclosed confidential details about an investigation and forged a legal document in an attempt to mislead investigators.

Mr Osmond, co-founder of a London-based commercial and property law firm Osmond & Osmond Solicitors Ltd, is the first ever solicitor the SFO has prosecuted with “tipping off” a client. 

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