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FCA confiscates over £305k from fraudsters

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The FCA said the money will be returned to investors as soon as possible. (Photo: Reuters)

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THE Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has secured confiscation orders totalling £305,284 from Raheel Mirza, Cameron Vickers and Opeyemi Solaja for their roles in an investment fraud. The orders cover all their remaining assets.

The confiscation proceedings against a fourth defendant, Reuben Akpojaro, have been adjourned.


The FCA said the money will be returned to investors as soon as possible. Failure to pay could lead to imprisonment.

Between June 2016 and January 2020, the defendants cold-called individuals and persuaded them to invest in a shell company.

They claimed to trade client money in binary options, but the funds were used to fund their lifestyles.

In 2023, the four were convicted and sentenced to a combined 24 and a half years.

Steve Smart, executive director, Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA, said: “We are committed to fighting financial crime, including denying criminals their ill-gotten gains. We’ve already successfully prosecuted these individuals for their part in a scam that conned 120 people out of their money. We’re now seeking to recover as much as we can for victims.”

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