We aim to make this site as accessible as possible and therefore have provided the settings below to use if you are finding it difficult to view this website. See the SFO Accessibility Statement for more information.

Where it is appropriate to provide a Welsh translation, you can switch to Cymraeg. See the Welsh Language Commissioner website for more information.

Use the settings button in the bottom right corner of the page to access these settings again.

Change to normal text size A Change to medium text size A Change to large text size A Adjust Text Size

We would like to use Analytics Cookies on our website. 

Turn these on below if you are happy with us collecting information on how our site is used, in order for us to improve the overall experience of our website. 

All other cookies are necessary and therefore by continuing to browse this website, you are agreeing to the usage of these cookies.

 See the SFO Privacy Policy for more information. 

Analytics Cookies

SFO charges former director of Global Forestry Investments

9 Gorffennaf, 2019 | Case Updates

The Serious Fraud Office has charged an individual in relation to the Global Forestry Investments investigation.

Andrew Skeene, a former director of Global Forestry Investments, has been charged with conspiracy to defraud, forgery, and misconduct in the course of winding up.

The charges relate to alleged frauds concerning Global Forestry Investments between August 2010 and December 2015.

The investigation is ongoing and we cannot provide further comment at this time.

Notes to editors:

  1. The SFO opened its investigation into Global Forestry Investments in June 2014.
  2. Andrew Skeene was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Saturday 29 June 2019 and has been charged with three offences of conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law, four offences of forgery, one offence of misconduct in the course of winding up contrary to s.208(1)(d) of the Insolvency Act 1986, and one offence of making a false statement not under oath contrary to s.5(c) of the Perjury Act 1911.
  3. The strict liability rule in the Contempt of Court Act 1981 applies.