R v Geary – WLR Daily

Posted August 10th, 2010 in appeals, divorce, law reports, proceeds of crime by sally

R v Geary [2010] WLR (D) 228

“The offence under s 328(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 of entering into or becoming concerned in an arrangement which a person knew or suspected facilitated the acquisition, retention, use or control of criminal property by or on behalf of another person, applied to property which was criminal at the time when the arrangement attached to it, and did not extend to property which was originally legitimate but became criminal only as a result of carrying out the arrangement.”

WLR Daily, 6th August 2010

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