BakerPlatt Appoints Money Laundering Expert

by Jason Gorringe, for LawAndTax-News.com, London

10 March 2005

Jersey-based legal and professional services group, BakerPlatt announced on Tuesday that it has appointed money laundering expert, John Moscow as a Senior Associate.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr Moscow worked for 30 years with the New York County District Attorney’s Office where he served as a senior white collar crime prosecutor responsible for cases involving international bank fraud, tax fraud, securities fraud and theft and fraud against United States and foreign government agencies.

According to BakerPlatt, during his time with the New York D.A., the newly appointed Senior Associate was involved in handling such high profile cases as those brought against the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), Enron, and Tyco International.

Speaking with regard to the appointment, Stephen Platt, Managing Partner of the BakerPlatt group announced that:

“We are delighted with this development. John is a leader in his field. He has a phenomenal reputation carved from the willingness of the authorities in the United States to hold financial institutions to account for their misdemeanours."

He went on to add that:

"Our clients, both on and offshore face considerable exposure to US laws by transacting in US Dollars even though many of them do not realise it. We intend to use John to assist institutions that accept the need to pro-actively manage their risks. The rest we will help to dig out of the holes they will inevitably fall into."

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