Retired couple murdered in French hamlet

Retired couple murdered in French hamlet

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fourstardan

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5,556 posts

159 months

Friday 7th February
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm7p1wpdl8o

There is one press outlet suggesting this is a revenge incident as he worked in Financial Crime in FS :S

Edited by fourstardan on Friday 7th February 20:14

SS427 Camaro

7,597 posts

185 months

Friday 7th February
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Dreadful news.

Bright Halo

3,516 posts

250 months

Sunday 9th February
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Sounds absolutely awful.
Andrew Searle was an organised crime financial investigator. A very specialist occupation.

mick987

1,674 posts

125 months

Sunday 9th February
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fourstardan said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm7p1wpdl8o

There is one press outlet suggesting this is a revenge incident as he worked in Financial Crime in FS :S

Edited by fourstardan on Friday 7th February 20:14
Not sure how many hit men beat people to death. More like a crime of passion or a disagreement with a neighbor,

croyde

24,773 posts

245 months

Sunday 9th February
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Murder suicide maybe? Horrific non the less.

Sheepshanks

37,137 posts

134 months

Sunday 9th February
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Bright Halo said:
Sounds absolutely awful.
Andrew Searle was an organised crime financial investigator. A very specialist occupation.
Do companies really employ people specifically working on organised crime?

daqinggregg

4,571 posts

144 months

Sunday 9th February
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Sheepshanks said:
Bright Halo said:
Sounds absolutely awful.
Andrew Searle was an organised crime financial investigator. A very specialist occupation.
Do companies really employ people specifically working on organised crime?
I would think quite a few organizations would employ the services of an ‘organised crime financial investigator’ I imagine they wouldn’t confine themselves to just organised crime.

fourstardan

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159 months

Sunday 9th February
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It was a very cynical news outlet saying that was the motive.

It's believable now days tbh.

But if someone was prosecuted they'd had been about 5 times removed from the ones laundering the money through the banks he worked for.

xx99xx

2,558 posts

88 months

Sunday 9th February
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Sheepshanks said:
Do companies really employ people specifically working on organised crime?
Pretty much every bank has such roles, who liaise with the likes of NCA. Often it's the NCA who go asking for details so the banks need to have people working specifically on it.

popeyewhite

23,007 posts

135 months

Sunday 9th February
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xx99xx said:
Pretty much every bank has such roles, who liaise with the likes of NCA. Often it's the NCA who go asking for details so the banks need to have people working specifically on it.
They didn't just work for banks, and were involved in the prosecution in a number of money-laundering cases. Apparently she was found outside in her pyjamas dead from head wounds, he was similarly battered and hung.

Sheepshanks

37,137 posts

134 months

Sunday 9th February
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xx99xx said:
Pretty much every bank has such roles, who liaise with the likes of NCA. Often it's the NCA who go asking for details so the banks need to have people working specifically on it.
Clearly they’ll need people internally, but I didn’t think they’d have staff going out in the wild in a visible way. That seems stunningly risky.

fourstardan

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KAgantua

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146 months

Sunday 23rd February
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fourstardan said:
Er yeah... Former senior financial crime investigator for large global bank is found dead with his wife...

And he did it as a 'robbery'

Yeah... Nothing to see here guys

TwistingMyMelon

6,444 posts

220 months

Monday 24th February
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I work in a similiar line of work and the notion that after being retired for 10 ish years some wrong uns tracked him down and killed him is a bit far to me, based on a career for a large bank.

If they did, it would be probably more brutal and obvious, aka the John Goldfinger approach, although that is an oxymoron as the paramedics didnt realise he was shot!

More likely, him and his wife put all their eggs in one basket, things didnt work out and he lost the plot etc.

Its a bit of a mystery for sure, but I subscribe to the anecdote that 95% of the time people are murdered by someone they know very well.




mick987

1,674 posts

125 months

Thursday 3rd April
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It has been confirmed by the french police it was murder suicide, not really a surprise.

Bright Halo

3,516 posts

250 months

Thursday 3rd April
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mick987 said:
It has been confirmed by the french police it was murder suicide, not really a surprise.
Tragic.

matchmaker

8,787 posts

215 months

Thursday 3rd April
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KAgantua said:
fourstardan said:
Er yeah... Former senior financial crime investigator for large global bank is found dead with his wife...

And he did it as a 'robbery'

Yeah... Nothing to see here guys
Quoted for posterity biggrin