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Collapsed bank First London may face legal action over sale of assets prior to administration

Investment bank involved in 2009 takeover of Notts County football club sharply criticised in administrator's reportThe remnants of a collapsed investment bank – which once included former Conservative minister Tim Yeo and erstwhile head of defence i...

Bank linked to fraud probe fails to meet another payback deadline

Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson was among victims of a mysterious deal to buy Notts County FCAn investment bank embroiled in a potential fraud investigation that counts former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson among its victims ...

SFO investigates scam that fooled North Korea

• Deceived: England football manager and spymaster • Fraudster gained 49% of bank's shares for no cashThe Serious Fraud Office is looking into an elaborate scam that took in the former England football manager Sven Göran-Eriksson, former spymaster...

Premier League sues Top Trumps firm

Winning Moves, the firm behind Top Trumps card games says it will vigorously defend Barclays Premier League's claimsTop Trumps, the card game loved by geeky children in the 1970s and 80s, is being sued by the Barclays Premier League.The case, which thr...

Russell King prevented from leaving Bahrain

Russell King's travel ban follows a plea from a Jersey-based firm, Close Finance, which is pursuing him for £2m Russell King, the businessman under investigation for fraud in Jersey whose powers of persuasion coaxed former England football manager Sve...