February 19, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Court hears Crown Currency bosses fled to France with gold bars prior to £20 million firm failure

After 5 years of legal wrangling, former owners of collapsed FX firm Crown Currency attended Southwark Crown Court yesterday. The prosecution has added theft of gold bars to the initial charges of fraud, as the company continued to accept deposits of £2 million in the advent of its demise, whilst co-owner Peter Benstead left for France with 11 KG of gold

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