UK lawyer Osmond fails to overturn SFO 'tipping off' conviction
By Martin Coyle ( July 28, 2026, 12:43 GMT | Insight) -- A London lawyer convicted of tipping off a client about a money laundering investigation involving Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation has lost a bid to overturn his conviction at the UK’s appeal court on Tuesday. The case was the first involving a lawyer accused of tipping off another person about an SFO probe.A London lawyer convicted of tipping off a client about a money laundering investigation involving Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation has lost a bid to overturn his conviction at the UK’s appeal court on Tuesday....
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