Weintroub, Adrian

Adrian Weintroub was convicted in November 2006 of acting as a director of a company with a prohibited company name without the leave of the Court.

Mr Weintroub was ordered to pay a fine of £2,500, a victim surcharge of £15, and prosecution costs of £15,000. A Confiscation Order was also made in the sum of £7,500.

At appeal, Mr Weintroub and his co-defendant, Jeremy Weintroub, were further ordered to pay a total of £6,000 towards the costs of the prosecution.

The CCRC received an application for review of the confiscation order in December 2011.

Messrs Weintroub were convicted of a strict liability offence under circumstances where the Court found they had no intention to commit fraud or deception.

Following review, the CCRC concluded that there was a real possibility the Court of Appeal would find that if their confiscation orders were not quashed, Messrs Weintroub would suffer substantial injustice in that they were, as a result of an erroneous assessment of benefit, being required to meet a confiscation order from assets which could be clearly demonstrated to be untainted.

The CCRC referred the confiscation order in March 2016.

The Court of Appeal upheld the confiscation order in February 2017.