Fraudster solicitor jailed after stealing nearly £1.2million from clients to pay tax bills

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Fraudster solicitor jailed after stealing nearly £1.2million from clients to pay tax bills.

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Fraudster solicitor jailed after stealing nearly £1.2million from clients to settle his own tax bills.Andrew Cooper, a 43-year-old former partner at London firm Streathers Solicitors, was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing the funds.Cooper, who specialised in probate work, admitted three counts of fraud by abuse of position at Southwark Crown Court.

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Over a three-year period ending in June 2022, he siphoned funds from the firm's client account through more than 80 unauthorised transactions.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The precise sum extracted was £1,174,493.62, according to proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

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Cooper had maintained an unblemished professional record before the fraud was discovered.His scheme began to unravel when he contacted HMRC requesting that a client's address be changed to his own.

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