Career Overview
Greg is a sought-after leading Junior and junior counsel, who has a busy practice in heavyweight criminal defence.
He enjoys work in all areas of crime including murder, drugs importations and supply, serious fraud, and money laundering.
Current instructions include allegations of murder, drugs importation, fraud, and drugs supply offences resulting from the EncroChat implant.
He also undertakes confiscation, asset forfeiture and regulatory work.
Areas of Expertise
- Fraud and financial crime
- Cyber Crime & Crypto fraud
- Money laundering & confiscation proceedings
- Large scale drug conspiracies
- Encro chat & organised crime
- Gang related gun crime and kidnapping
- Serious sex offences & indecent images
Greg Krieger is regularly instructed in serious, high profile and complex cases.
Greg’s practice in financial crime includes all facets at each stage, from advising before charge, to trial and appearing at any confiscation and enforcement proceedings.
Greg’s experience in general crime includes cases involving murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to murder, kidnap, robbery, drugs conspiracies and the full range of sexual offences.
Regulatory
Greg’s regulatory practice includes enforcement proceedings under the Housing Act, VAT Tribunal work and alleged breaches of health and safety legislation.
Notable Cases
R v N
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Multi million pounds confiscation hearing - Manchester CC
R v S
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Complex fraud - Reading CC
R v S
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Multi million pounds confiscation hearing -Wood Green CC
R v S
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Alleged fraud - £100,000s Reading CC
R v M
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Alleged Mortgage fraud, 6 weeks - Southwark CC
R v R
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Head of school department alleged to have defraud school -ILCC - Read Kent Online article
R v R
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Alleged spate of “paedophile hunter” robberies – Snaresbrook CC
R v U
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Alleged murder of ex-wife by crossbow, led junior– CC
R v C
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The most extensive modern slavery case yet brought – 5 months - Birmingham CC
R v S
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Moped Robbery at Harrow CC involving young defendants where the victim suffered life-threatening injuries - Read more on news article
R v C Murder, led junior
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10 weeks trial. Gang related murder involving young category A defendants. Significant issues of bad character, gang association, gang lyrics and connected material. The case relied heavily on CCTV and telephone analysis evidence.
R v H Alleged conspiracy to murder
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Hove CC, led junior, 10 weeks. The first two defendants were regional level drug dealers with international links, who when in financial difficulties made an agreement to kill their creditors. Our client was alleged to be the hit man. This was a multi agency investigation involving a wide range of evidence, including probe, encrypted phones, ANPR, cell site, phone data and contact and undercover surveillance
R v S
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Alleged rape, Chelmsford CC
R v S
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Alleged wholesale distribution of heroin and cocaine, Portsmouth CC
Recent and Current Notable Instructions:
Murder:
R v I – Kingston CC – Murder and s18 wounding following a street fight.
R v B – CCC - Gang related “ride-out” murder with complex legal issues and factual issues about joint enterprise and involving detailed analysis of cell site, CCTV evidence with defendants blaming each other.
R v B – CCC – Murder of flatmate.
R v G – CCC – Gang related murder.
Serious Violence:
R v S – Harrow CC – defendant acquitted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to do grievous bodily harm in a stabbing allegation.
R v S – Snaresbrook CC – s18 acid attack wounding.
R v S - Birmingham CC – defendant acquitted of conspiracy to sell or transfer firearms following cross-examination of prosecution’s expert witness.
Serious sexual offences:
R v D – Snaresbrook CC – defendant acquitted of rape.
R v B – ILCC – defendant acquitted of assault by penetration
R v S – Chelmsford CC – defendant acquitted of rape.
Fraud/ Money Laundering:
R v C – Oxford CC – only defendant acquitted of 6 defendants in complex immigration fraud.
R v A – Inner London CC - Alleged fraud on BT/EE. 9 defendants.
R v C – Swindon CC – Leading junior in alleged human trafficking and money laundering trial (10 weeks)
R v N – Southwark CC – Leading junior in alleged human trafficking and money laundering trial (16 weeks)
Serious drugs offences:
R v M – Snaresbrook CC – EncroChat (Operation Venetic) prosecution
R v H – Oxford CC – EncroChat (Operation Venetic) prosecution
R v A – Snaresbrook CC- EncroChat (Operation Venetic) defendant acquitted following successful submissions in allegation he was the organiser of the importation of hundreds of kgs of cocaine.
R v R – Luton CC – EncroChat (Operation Venetic) represented the first defendant in an entirely novel prosecution, thought to be the first of its type in the UK of a conspiracy to assist or encourage serious crime, by the provision of encrypted handsets operating on an encrypted network.
R v L – Snaresbrook CC – Prolonged investigation into Mali Boys cocaine and heroin supply enterprise in Walthamstow. Represented one of the leading defendants.
Pevious Notable Cases:
Financial Crime:
General Crime:
Testimonials
‘Greg is extremely articulate and is a class act. He is very hard-working and very experienced. He has a deep commitment towards his clients and is highly sought-after.'
Legal 500 2024 edition
