A FORMER Dewsbury man is due in court next month in connection with an alleged £20m international fraud.
John Hirst, 60, is the owner of investment firm Gilher Inc, which the Serious Fraud Office has been investigating since November 2009.
The company, which is registered in Panama and the Seychelles, invested funds on behalf of clients based mainly in the UK and Spain.
The business was controlled by Mr Hirst, who had moved to Majorca, but investors alleged losses and complained to police.
Mr Hirst was first arrested in December, 2009, at Bradford Police Station where he was interviewed by SFO investigators and West Yorkshire Police.
He has now been re-interviewed and has been charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud and two of money laundering.
He was bailed and is due before Bradford Magistrates’ Court on April 6.
