Simon Hooper

British fraudsters Simon Hooper, Martin Kelly & Ryan Allen collectively sentenced to 15+ years in prison

October 4, 2024

British nationals Simon Hooper, Martin Kelly, and Ryan Allen have been collectively sentenced to more than 15 years in prison in England for a fraud that targeted pensioners and involved Rationale Asset Management Plc, which raised more than £2 million from investors.

Britons Simon Hooper, Martin Kelly & Ryan Allen convicted of fraud involving Rationale Asset Management

September 5, 2024

British nationals Simon Hooper and Martin Kelly, both of whom have been previously exposed by OffshoreAlert, are in custody pending sentencing after being found guilty of fraud in England regarding Rationale Asset Management Plc, which raised more than £2 million from investors before the U.K. Government petitioned it into liquidation in 2021. A third defendant, Ryan Allen, was also convicted and was released prior to being sentenced.

Simon Hooper et al: Verdict Sheet (‘Rational Asset Management Fraud’)

September 3, 2024

Verdict Sheet for Simon Hooper, Martin Kelly,, Ryan Allen, and John Burnett at Wood Green Crown Court, London, England on September 3rd, 2024.

Kijani Resources Ltd. et al v. Richard Fagan et al: Judgment (‘Default Judgment Application’)

November 18, 2022

Judgment on default judgment application in Edgar Lavarello and Simon Conway, as Joint Liquidators of Kijani Resources Limited (in Liquidation) and Ratio Limited (in Liquidation) v. Richard Fagan, Simon Hooper, Lisa Billington, and William Redford at the Supreme Court of Gibraltar.

Kijani Resources Ltd. et al: Investor Notice (‘Simon Hooper Approach’)

June 10, 2022

'Investor Notice' by PwC, as liquidators of Kijani Resources Limited and Ratio Limited, both of Gibraltar, warning them about a solicitation from Simon Hooper, a British convicted fraudster whom the liquidators described as "a former director of both companies", regarding the Kijani Commodity Funds.

Kijani Resources Ltd. v. Richard Fagan et al: $134M Judgment Application

March 8, 2022

Application for a default judgment in the amount of $134 million against Richard Fagan, Simon Hooper, and William Redford in Edgar Lavarello and Simon Conway, as Joint Liquidators of Kijani Resources Limited (in Liquidation) v. Richard Fagan, Simon Hooper, Lisa Billington, and William Redford at Gibraltar Supreme Court.

Kijani Resources Ltd. et al v. Richard Fagan et al: Complaint (‘$82M Fraud’)

November 29, 2021

Particulars of Claim in Edgar Lavarello and Simon Conway, as Joint Liquidators of Kijani Resources Limited and Ratio Limited v. Richard Fagan, Simon Hooper, Lisa Billington, and William Redford at the Supreme Court of Gibraltar.

Four charged with fraud in England, including Simon Hooper (again)

April 6, 2021

British law enforcement investigating pension and investment fraud have criminally charged four people, including Simon Hooper and Martin Kelly, who were both previously exposed by OffshoreAlert.

Fraudster Simon Hooper receives non-custodial sentence in England

March 3, 2021

British serial fraudster Simon Hooper, 46, has received a non-custodial sentence in England for a scam involving British firm Rationale Investments Limited.

Richard Fagan’s British polo fraudsters set up fake ‘Swiss bank’ & attempt Cayman fund take-over

February 18, 2021

Middle East-based British polo players led by Richard Fagan who fund their lavish lifestyles through investment fraud have set up a fake 'Swiss bank' and are trying to take over a Cayman Islands fund, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

UK Gov’t applies to wind up 3 firms operated by fraudsters

November 4, 2020

Winding up petitions have been filed against British firms Rationale Asset Management, Value Asset Management, and Merydion Corporation, which are operated by members of a gang of British and Irish serial investment fraudsters who have been previously exposed by OffshoreAlert.

Despite fraud charges, Briton Simon Hooper becomes director of 8 British firms

August 19, 2020

Undeterred by fraud charges on which he is due to be tried in England next month, U.K. national Simon Hooper, who is part of an international gang of serial fraudsters previously exposed by OffshoreAlert, recently became a director of eight British firms.

Kijani Gibraltar liquidators to sue NatWest Bank for ‘dishonest assistance’ to $98M fraud

July 1, 2019

The liquidators of Gibraltar-domiciled Kijani Resources Ltd. and Ratio Ltd. intend to sue NatWest Bank for "dishonest assistance" to a $98 million fraudulent scheme headed by Irishman Richard Fagan that collapsed in 2015 after being exposed by OffshoreAlert.

BUSTED: British & Irish expats who help Belvedere Group swindle investors

May 22, 2015

One day after new directors were appointed to 'ensure' that Cayman-domiciled Brighton SPC would be operated legally, the Fund illegally acquired a Gibraltar firm with bogus assets of $125 million, OffshoreAlert can reveal. The transfer allowed Belvedere and its accomplices in Britain, Dubai, Gibraltar, Spain and elsewhere to continue securities frauds involving firms listed on stock exchanges in Denmark, England and Germany.