UK Lawyers Accused of Abetting Espionage for Ricardo Salinas Pliego Face SRA, BSB & SFO Complaints
Formal complaints target top barristers and solicitors over alleged misuse of privileged materials from covert Black Cube entrapment of opposing lawyer
A deepening legal scandal threatens to upend one of London’s most closely watched commercial disputes, as high-profile barristers and solicitors representing Mexican wannabe billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego now face formal complaints filed with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), Bar Standards Board (BSB), the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and select members of the House of Lords.
At issue: allegations that Salinas’s legal teams knowingly deployed evidence secretly gathered through a clandestine Black Cube operation. The private intelligence firm, infamous for past global scandals and unlawful schemes, posed as fake clients using...
