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Man sentenced over £154m fake takeover bid targeting UK-listed company
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The FCA secured a suspended sentence against a trader who used ChatGPT to forge takeover documents in a £154m market manipulation scheme.
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- FCA News · REGULATION POLICY
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- 10 November 2026
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- 11 Nov 2026, 02:01 UK
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Christopher Woolcott has today been given a 2-year prison sentence, suspended for 2 years, after staging a £154m fake takeover bid for Touchstone Exploration Inc.…
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