An international arrest warrant has been issued for a City of London trader who absconded while on bail before being convicted in absentia of running a £70 million Ponzi scheme.
On Monday, Anthony Constantinou, 41, was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of one count of fraud, two counts of fraudulent trading and four counts of money laundering.
It is not clear whether he was given conditional bail but it is not uncommon for defendants to be given bail in criminal trials where violence is not involved.
The jury heard Constantinou set up Capital World Markets (CWM) in 2013 and offered investors returns of 60 percent per year on foreign exchange markets….