Everyday in the UK millions of pounds are lost to corrupt investment schemes.
Richardson Hartley Law has a proven track record of making successful investment loss claims on behalf of our clients.
We have recovered millions of pounds for scam victims who have been tricked into investing in fraudulent schemes.
In the past 12 months we have seen a noticeable rise in the number of investment scams. Very often the fraudulent schemes will come with glossy brochures and slick marketing campaigns, backed up convincing online platforms.
Individual investments will take in tens of millions of pounds.
There appears to be a particular problem in the UK with large scale property investment schemes which turn out to be Ponzis. Very often these scam investments are only exposed after the money has been drawn out by the fraudsters and syphoned off abroad.
Richardson Hartley Law looks at a variety of ways of helping our clients make investment loss claims.
For fraudulent schemes we will often start by helping clients to recoup their money through bank reimbursement models.
Another key area that we explore is professional negligence claims where a regulated body has been used during the transaction process.
We also build group litigation claims and look at new ways to help investment victims to recover their money.
There are a number of investment loss claims that we are currently working on.
These include:
We are keen to hear from anyone who has suffered losses as a result of a scam or bad investment.
Our lawyers are trained to handle your claim incredibly sensitively and with the highest legal standards.
We offer a no win, no fee service which means we only get paid if we succesfully recover your money.
Richardson Hartley Law is a fully regulated law firm which offers low no win, no fee rates.
We will keep you fully updated throughout your claim and get your money back into your bank account as quickly as possible.
Once we receive your form one of our lawyers will speak to you and ascertain the best course of action to help you reclaim your lost investment.
We pride ourselves on keeping our clients up-to-date with the progression of their case combined with simple to understand advice.
We are able to offer no win, no fee arrangements which means you only pay us if we win your case.
This is one of UK’s largest alleged Ponzi schemes which saw investors lose tens of millions of pounds. We initially look to help victims recover money via the bank reimbursement schemes. We are also examining a group claim for overseas investors and anyone who has lost more than £85,000.
Godwin Capital was the investment arm of Godwin Developments. Hundreds of investors collectively lost more than £160m when the company collapsed in June, 2025. We are currently helping clients to recover their money.
Solomon Investment Partners claimed to offer the chance for people to make excellent returns from property investment. Significant sums of money after their investments seemingly failed or have been delayed in being paid out. We are currently investigating how we can help clients.
Concept Capital promised excellent returns for investors who were told that the money they deposited would be secured against static homes. However, when the scheme collapsed it emerged investors had lost £23m.
We are looking to help UK and overseas victims to recover their money
Tens of millions of pounds has been lost to victims of Moneda Capital. Investors were offered fixed rate returns with individual banks which they were told was backed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
By autumn 2025 it became clear there were huge problems and that the online platform was completely misleading.
Social housing investment schemes often promise to help solve the UK’s housing crisis and make investors good returns at the same time. Unfortunately, we often see these so-called investment opportunities fall flat.
We help clients to recover lost funds via their banks.
More than £170m when this luxury diamonds brand collapsed in 2023. Many highly sophisticated investors lost money in the scam.
We believe we can help some investors recover their money via the banks’ fraud reimbursement scheme.