Record fine for fraudulent CEO 'not enough', says expert

FSA fine for ex-JC FLowers chief executive 'does not show credible deterrence'

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The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has ordered Ravi Sinha, the former chief executive of private equity firm JC Flowers UK, to pay a record £2.87 million for carrying out a £1.37 million fraudulent invoicing scheme in 2009.

The payment constitutes disgorgement of the £1.37 million illegal gains and a fine of £1.5 million, the largest ever imposed on an individual by the FSA in a non-market abuse case. But the lack of a criminal prosecution undermines the deterrent effect the FSA is trying

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