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 by 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 siphoned 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.
On top of this we work with highly regarded international investigators to help trace your assets so we can decide the best way forward for our clients.
Richardson Hartley Law also works alongside liquidators when appropriate.
We look at every angle to decide the most cost-effective way of recovering your funds as we develop legal strategies.
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 successfully 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.
Banks are now agreeing to make payments under fraud reimbursement schemes.
Empire Special Situations promised investors the chance to get two year fixed returns. The company said it was able to take advantage of the decline of the UK High Street to create good investment opportunities. However, investors started to complain about not receiving payments and the firm fell into administration. We looking to help UK victims to recover their money.
Fortress Capital Partners was an unregulated investment scheme offering attractive returns. The scheme fell into administration and is said to bear ‘all the hallmarks of a Ponzi’. We are looking to help UK investors recover lost funds under no win, no fee agreements.
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.
The Hunter Jones Group says it is an investment specialist for the UK and overseas markets. The company claims to have raised more than £300m and has more than 2,000 retained clients. Hunter Jones Group is the investment arm of HJ Collection which develops properties across the UK.
We offer legal advice to investors with an initial free consultation.
Solomon Investment Partners claimed to offer the chance for people to make excellent returns from property investment. Significant sums of money have been lost. Investments have seemingly failed or have been delayed in being paid out. We are currently investigating how we can help clients.
Around £12m was lost by more than 500 investors when the investment company collapsed in 2025.
We have carried out a thorough investigation around Unique Property Investment Group.
Some banks are now accepting that investors should be paid out under fraud reimbursement schemes which means we are able to recover lost funds.
We are looking to help UK investors.
We have successfully recovered funds for art investors who lost money via Yield Gallery. When the company was wound up many investors found that they were unable to sell the art pieces that they thought they had bought. We are representing a number of Yield Gallery clients.
Avora Capital was an unregulated property investment scheme that attracted investors with promises of high annual returns backed by investments in UK social housing stock. An estimated £24m was invested. However, investors are now unable to withdraw funds and are control of the company has been taken over.
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
Investors in a luxury French golf and spa resort have raised concerns about late payments. Richardson Hartley Law is investigating how to recover money which was originally given in the form of ‘loan notes’. We are keen to hear from Halcyon Retreat victims to examine how we can help them.
Tens of millions of pounds are believed to have been lost after this fine wine and whisky investment scheme collapsed. Investors from across the world are finding that they don’t own the wine and whisky that they thought they had purchased. We are helping UK and overseas investors 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.
We are able to help investors to successfully recover their money.
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.
Millions of pounds has been lost through the XTradeMAX platform. Many victims were lured in through social media adverts often featuring fake endorsements. Investors were frequently initially able to take out money but months down the line found that their investment money had been stolen.
We have successfully recovered money for victims of this scam.
More than £170m was lost 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.