David Winch
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David Winch B.Com, F.C.A. has had over 30 years experience in accountancy matters with a wide variety of firms and their clients ranging from the smallest to major multi-nationals. David is a director of MLRO Support Ltd http://www.MLROsupport.co.uk a company which offers guidance to money laundering reporting officers in accountancy and legal practices, and joint author (with Janet Bazley, KC) of 'Money Laundering for Lawyers: the new requirements and their practical implications' published by Butterworths (2004). David is also a forensic accountant with Sedulo Forensic Accountants http://www.SeduloForensic.co.uk forensic accountants, an experienced expert witness, a contributor online to AccountingWEB and other publications and a speaker at conferences and training events as a nationally recognised authority on money laundering, proceeds of crime and confiscation. David has appeared on national television and radio on several occasions in connection with the investigation of financial crime and misconduct. David has a particular strength in criminal litigation, acting as a key expert, at different times, for both prosecution and defence teams in criminal cases.
David is also co-author of 'A Practical Guide to Confiscation and Restraint' published by Law Brief Publishing in 2022.
AML & Onboarding Adviser & Forensic Accountant MLRO Support Ltd
20th Mar 2023
When should you make a suspicious activity report?
Writing a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) is not fun. An accountant writing a SAR is profoundly outside their comfort zone. They may feel...
Practice strategy
7th Jun 2022
Updates proposed for suspicious activity reporting
In the 18th century William Cowper wrote: “God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform.” The same might be said of the Civil...
General practice
29th Mar 2021
Accountants advised on how to write better SARs
Not the most snappy title, but the latest “Guidance for anti-money laundering supervisors on submitting better quality Suspicious Activity...
General practice
20th May 2016
New proceeds of crime legislation is on the way
A new Criminal Finances Bill was one of the bills announced in the Queen’s Speech this week. The bill has not yet been published but is...
HMRC & policy
20th Apr 2015
Post Office rebuffs Horizon forensic report
The Post Office Horizon accounting scandal is back in the news. David Winch looks back over the case. There have been over 150 cases in...
Tech pulse
15th Apr 2014
Cornwall tax trial: Lessons for accountants
David Winch has spent most of the last three months in the Crown Court listening to prosecution evidence concerning Simon Pearce, an...
Business tax