SICA repeal and abatement of rehabilitation proceedings barred further control over company assets; illegal share allotments and sales were struck dow...
Provisional attachment under the anti-money laundering framework was partly invalidated where the Tribunal found no foundational material to show that pre-existing commercial agreements were designed to layer later proceeds of crime or could be retrospectively treated as commercially irrational or inter-connected transactions under Section 23. Attachment based on the first and second transactions was therefore set aside. By contrast, the Tribunal accepted that a delayed payment linked to the dairy sale arrangement was not credibly explained as a later adjustment against other dealings, and sustained attachment to the equivalent value of that amount. The appeals were thus partly allowed, with attachment continuing only to the specified extent.
Provisional attachment under the anti-money laundering framework was partly invalidated where the Tribunal found no foundational material to show that pre-existing commercial agreements were designed to layer later proceeds of crime or could be retrospectively treated as commercially irrational or inter-connected transactions under Section 23. Attachment based on the first and second transactions was therefore set aside. By contrast, the Tribunal accepted that a delayed payment linked to the dairy sale arrangement was not credibly explained as a later adjustment against other dealings, and sustained attachment to the equivalent value of that amount. The appeals were thus partly allowed, with attachment continuing only to the specified extent.
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