Ann Marie Trochymenko

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Ann Marie Trochymenko, a solicitor's clerk (not a solicitor), was convicted at Manchester Crown Court on her own confession of conspiracy to defraud insurance companies through false accident claims, and sentenced to six months imprisonment. The offences occurred while she was employed as a clerk by C.J. Malone solicitors. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated (uncontested) and, on the basis of her conviction involving dishonesty, made an order under Section 43(2) of the Solicitors Act 1974 restricting her future employment in the solicitors' profession without Law Society permission, and ordered her to pay costs of £962.97.

Duties found breached:

• Honesty

Aggravating factors:

• Conviction involved dishonesty committed while engaged by a firm of solicitors in connection with the firm's ordinary business
• Sentenced to six months imprisonment

Mitigating factors:

• Attended before the Tribunal and made an apology
• Did not contest the allegation and admitted it
• Role was mainly administrative and smaller than co-defendants
• No real financial reward
• Already lost her job and served custodial sentence