Tim Forte KC convinces Crown to offer no evidence against his Insolvency Fraud client

After an investigation starting over a decade ago and case preparation spanning the last four years, no evidence was offered against Tim Forte KC’s client, ZS, on all counts in a major Insolvency Service fraud prosecution. The case centred on alleged misconduct across seven linked property companies and multiple defendants, with indictment counts alleging disqualification breaches, failures to keep or preserve accounting records, misconduct in winding up, fraud in anticipation of winding up, and money laundering     The prosecution material ran to around 15,000 documents concerning activity across a range of property development .   Headline sums included the £5.1 million sale of one property and transfers exceeding £3 million routed to a middle-man finance company, alongside alleged tax liabilities and inter‑company movements   The alleged conduct dated back to periods beginning in 2013–2015 for several companies. Tim was instructed on a privately funded basis by Nadeem Ullah of Abbey Solicitors.