In August 2018, Dylan Creaven and Andrew Rowe were sentenced to 13 years in jail for their role in a scam selling carbon credits as investments. In December 2020, the Court of Appeal upheld their convictions.
Author: Chris Lang
Court of Appeal upholds conviction of James Francis Byrne, the man behind the London Carbon Credit Company scam
In August 2016, James Francis Byrne was sentenced to 11 years in jail for his role in a scam selling carbon credits as investments. In December 2020, the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction.
Court of Appeal: Andrew Ager’s behaviour as an expert witness was “egregious”. But that doesn’t mean that carbon scammers are innocent
In December 2020, at the Court of Appeal, seven carbon scammers appealed their convictions. Andrew Ager was expert witness in their trials.
Cancelled: Mexico’s World Bank FCPF Carbon Fund programme
Mexico’s Emission Reductions Programme under the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility has been cancelled.
Nicaragua’s World Bank FCPF Carbon Fund programme cancelled
The World Bank and Nicaragua have agreed to cancel the Emission Reductions Programme under the Bank’s Carbon Fund.