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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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David Pegg

Partner at top libel firm hired ‘in furtherance of fraud’, tribunal rules

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Claire Francis Gill is being prosecuted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for allegedly issuing an inappropriate threat on behalf of cryptocurrency scheme, OneCoin. Photograph: Jonathan Goldberg/Alamy

A partner at the top libel firm Carter-Ruck was hired “in furtherance of fraud” when she sent legal threats on behalf of a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency scam, a tribunal has ruled.

Claire Frances Gill is being prosecuted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for allegedly issuing an inappropriate threat on behalf of the scheme, OneCoin, and its mastermind, Ruja Ignatova.

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