since.
The money had been through so many hands that proving who knew what would take years. But a seating plan puts named people in a room on a named date. A photograph puts them shoulder to shoulder. And a man who has sworn in writing that he has never met another man cannot easily explain standing next to him under a banner with his own company’s name on it.
“People are careful with documents,” she said. “Nobody is careful at a wedding.”
Yardley Rowe Capital was suspended in the March. Piers Yardley and two others were charged in the June. It is a large case and I am told the trial will be in 2028.
Ondine Marr was charged in the July with fraud by false representation, in respect of fourteen transfers from an account belonging to Hester Halliday.
Ellis has so far been charged with nothing.
He was
