7 tobacco smugglers successfully prosecuted and sentenced to immediate terms of imprisonment

James Thacker led Frederick Hookway (of 2 Harcourt Buildings) at Maidstone Crown Court in a HMRC fraudulent evasion of duty upon tobacco case.

Fine Wine Fraudsters convicted

Following a four week trial at Southwark Crown Court, Thomas Hole was convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud. Ryan Fraser pleaded guilty prior to the trial commencing.

James Thacker prosecutes New Earth Solutions Group in Health & Safety case after worker dies

On 9th August 2014, Neville Watson was employed as a cleaner and labourer at the NES Kent Limited site at Blaise.

James Thacker successfully prosecutes rapist to a total of 19 years’ imprisonment

Following an 8 day trial at Isleworth Crown Court earlier this year, GM was unanimously convicted of historic rape of two family members.

Fraud successfully prosecuted by James Thacker

Adeshola Dada was convicted of fraudulently accessing the servers remotely, logging in with other staff members’ credentials and altering bank account information.

Confiscation orders worth in excess of £700,000 secured

Operation Crystal was the first access to work fraud to be charged and prosecuted in the Criminal courts.

Twenty five years for cocaine conspirators

James Thacker prosecuted Operation Digamy; a conspiracy to supply 2kg of Cocaine with a potential street value of nearly £250,000.

James Thacker prosecutes non-fatal shooting at Central Criminal Court

Following a re-trial at the Central Criminal Court in May 2016, Mohammed Nur was convicted of possessing a pistol.

9 years imprisonment for Britain’s biggest education fraudster

James Thacker secures 9 years imprisionment for Britain’s biggest Education Fraud.

James Thacker prosecutes £4.1million Education Fraud

James Thacker is currently prosecuting what is believed to be Britain’s biggest Education Fraud.

£3.1million company fraudster sentenced in biggest ever loss suffered by HSBC Invoice Finance (UK) Limited

James Thacker prosecuted Baljit Brad, director of Lister Pharmaceuticals Limited, who was today sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to 3 years 8 months’ imprisonment. The defendant operated a company with a turnover in excess of £30million specialising in healthcare products. The business encountered business difficulties…

77 year old grandfather sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment for abusing his two granddaughters aged between 8 and 10 years

Between 4th and 18th January 2016 James Thacker prosecuted a 77 year old grandfather for taking indecent images of his granddaughters, forcing them to watch pornographic films and sexual assault. The jury unanimously convicted the defendant of 8 counts involving three distinct categories of offending. …

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