Sandip pursued private prosecutions for government departments such as the Medicines Healthcare Regulatory Authority as well on behalf of individuals on cases involving legally and factually complex issues. He is frequently instructed in cases involving ‘civil judgements’; which are then sought to be used in support of private posecutions
In 2019, Sandip was instructed in a substantial private prosecution brought by a City law firm against two former employees for fraud and perverting the course of justice following extensive litigation in the Employment Tribunal and the High Court. He recently acted for a French company against a UK company for fraud, copyright theft and passing-off.
Other examples:
• R v A: a Saudi Princess, accused of immigration, fraud and perjury offences stemming from civil litigation.
• R v MI: fraud by a UK national on a Saudi company
Financial Crime & Fraud
Sandip is a business crime specialist advising businesses and individuals on issues involving action by criminal or regulatory enforcement agencies in the UK and internationally.
He represents clients at all stages of the process from dawn raids and arrests, through to negotiating plea agreements and if necessary defending clients at trial. He also provides compliance training and adviceroutinely assists companies who may have been the victims of crime ensuring effective engagement with law enforcement authorities to prevent or limit secondary liability arising elsewhere.
Some recent examples:
• R v H:£10 mn fraud by D, loss adjuster, on Thames Water, a client-construction of contracts-abuse of position-breach of trust-investigated by Anti-Terrorist Branch-links to terrorist funding.
• R v A: solicitor accused of cheating the Revenue
He has significant experience of all aspects of business crime including bribery and corruption, fraud and financial crime, insider dealing, revenue offences and trading standards. Matters instructed upon include investigations brought by the Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority, Police, HM Revenue & Customs, Competition and Markets Authority and the US Department of Justice.
Teaching Experience
Sandip has provided training on a range of subjects including cybercrime, corruption, serious crime to institutions and governments, judges, lawyers and law enforcement officers. Institutions he has assisted include the Council of Europe & European Academy of Law, British Embassy UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Department for International Development, Council of Europe, US Embassy [Caribbean], European Commission, Czech Judicial Academy, Romania Judicial Academy, Indian National Bar Association. Countries he has assisted include England, USA, Russia, India, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Latvia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Turkey, Grenada, Antigua, Barbados, St Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Isle of Man.
Some examples:
• Mutual legal assistance, human rights and forensic evidence (Turkey), counterfeit medicines (France, Isle of Man), SOCPA 2005, asset recovery, modernisation of the criminal justice system, and advocacy (CPS, SOCA (now NCA), organised crime, firearms.
• Advised the Grenadian Attorney-General on drafting/implementation of cybercrime legislation.
• On UK bribery law (2010 Act, caselaw) and procedure, prosecution framework to the Mauritius Chief Justice and prosecutors; the Japanese First Legal UK Attache, judges and prosecutors; Serious Organised Crime Agency and CPS.
Crime
Sandip has been at the forefront of notable serious and organised cybercrime cases including ‘DarkMarket’, ‘the Facebook Hacker’, prosecution of members of ‘Anonymous’ for the hacking of PayPal, Visa, Sony, FBI, CIA, UK NCA, MoD etc, and ‘the boy who almost broke the Internet’ .
You can see Sandip at CyberEurope 2018 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VHf8M_wHQQ
He has lectured and trained investigators, lawyers and judges in England and abroad including Italy, Hungary, Latvia, Turkey, Israel, India, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago on good cyber policies, procedures and law.
He is routinely asked to advise and assist in the creation, training and implementation of cyber law enforcement programmes. In Grenada, he devised and implemented a cyber crime training course for investigators, the A-G’s office and judges so as to give effect to new cyber legislation.
He contributed to the leading text book: Electronic Evidence, 3rd Edition, Stephen Mason
He is Chairperson of the Cybercrime Practitioners’ Association. He is Chief Adviser to the OSP Cyber Academy.
