Fisher Capital Management World News: Fraud Investigation Possible into Takeover of World’s Oldest League Club

(WFI) Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is considering an investigation into the 2009 takeover of the world’s oldest league club, Notts County, which was part of an elaborate scam that hoodwinked former England manager, Sven Goran-Eriksson, Britain’s former spymaster Sir John Walker and the North Korean government.

The move comes after fresh claims made in a BBC Panorama documentary broadcast Monday, in which Eriksson said he was duped into signing for the lower league club.

The Financial Services Authority has passed over to the SFO an investigation into allegations that Russell King was behind the scam. The SFO investigates the country’s most serious corruption cases.

“We are interested in it and will be making a decision on what to do when we have assessed all the information,” the SFO was quoted by the Financial Times.

King, who once served two years in jail for insurance fraud, was accused in last night’s programme of being behind the Byzantine fraud.
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