SFO recovers further £295,000 from convicted fraudster’s hidden pensions
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has recovered a further £295,000 from Virendra Rastogi, now known as Vareen Kumar or Veerain Kumarr, who was convicted for an international metal trading scam. The money was recovered from two pension funds as part of an ongoing proceeds of crime investigation into Rastogi’s assets, which has recovered nearly £6 million to date including from the sale of his Marylebone home and via the seizure of money and assets including valuable watches. Rastogi was one of three former directors of RBG Resources plc who was prosecuted by the SFO in 2008 for operating an international…