{
  "id": 19476684,
  "title": "Solo Capital founder appeals 12-year Danish prison sentence over tax fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/solo-capital-founder-appeals-12-year-danish-prison-sentence-over-tax",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-11T09:33:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hedgeweek",
    "slug": "hedgeweek",
    "url": "https://hedgeweek.com/news/solo-capital-founder-appeals-12-year-danish-prison-sentence-over-tax-fraud"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sanjay Shah, the former founder of hedge fund Solo Capital, has filed an appeal against his 12-year prison sentence in Denmark, according to Bloomberg. The 56-year-old British trader is contesting his 2024 conviction for serious fraud. Prosecutors claim Shah orchestrated thousands of fraudulent dividend tax refund applications between 2012 and 2015, contributing to a financial loss of over DKK9bn ($1.35bn) to Denmark's treasury. Shah maintains his innocence, asserting that his actions were merely exploiting legal loopholes. His defense will likely rely on a separate 2025 ruling by a London civil court, which found that Denmark's tax authority did not prove fraud beyond a reasonable doubt in Shah's case. The UK court also criticized the Danish tax authority's oversight of tax refunds. The original Danish court deemed Shah a key figure in the scheme's development and operation, using software to boost the number of refund claims. Over 80% of the scheme's proceeds are believed to have ended up with Shah, who has been held in Danish custody since his extradition from Dubai in 2023. This case is part of a larger investigation into dividend tax refund schemes that have cost Denmark approximately DKK12.7bn. Two other traders, including Solo Capital associate Anthony Mark Patterson, have already been convicted in connection with the scandal, with Patterson receiving an eight-year sentence in 2024. The appeal process will consist of 23 court hearings, with a verdict anticipated in spring 2027.",
  "summary": "Sanjay Shah, the founder of former hedge fund Solo Capital, has launched an appeal against his 12-year prison sentence in Denmark over a dividend tax fraud scheme that cost the country's treasury more than DKK9bn ($1.35bn), according to a report by Bloomberg. The 56-year-old British trader appeared before Copenhagen's High Court on Tuesday seeking to overturn his 2024 conviction for serious…",
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