Axiom fraudster fails to get UK jail term reduced
By Martin Coyle ( March 29, 2023, 11:21 GMT | Insight) -- A former lawyer jailed in the UK for 14 years over a multimillion-pound fraud failed today in his London appeal court bid to have his sentence reduced. In the trial, jurors heard how Schools had defrauded investors in the Cayman Islands-based Axiom Legal Financing Fund and funded a life of luxury for himself.A former lawyer jailed in the UK for 14 years over a multimillion-pound fraud failed today in his appeal bid to have his sentence reduced....
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