Over the last 10 years, several large pieces of litigation in the Channel Islands have come about as a result of the victim of a fraud having had enough money stolen to be fully determined to pursue its recovery, with ample resources to do so.
Typically this has been the position in relation to those who defraud large institutions or governments. In some cases there has been an added political agenda which has required that the fraudster is made an example of even if he is able to escape prison by taking up residence in a country where he is beyond extradition.
