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Carson Yeung

Carson Yeung
Carson Yeung
Born in February 1960, Carson Yeung Ka-sing is a Hong Kong businessman and former hairdresser best known as the owner of Birmingham FC. He is also chairman and executive director of Birmingham International Holdings, an investment, entertainment and sportswear firm registered in the Cayman Islands. In June 2011, Yeung was arrested at his Hong Kong home in connection with alleged money laundering. He was subsequently charged with dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offence.
Born
27 Feb 1960
Industry
Business
Job Title
Businessman
Steve Cotterill has been given the boot by Birmingham City. Photo: Reuters
English Premier League

Birmingham City’s Chinese owners sack Cotterill, say reports

Former Birmingham City chairman Carson Yeung to serve rest of six-year jail sentence after losing final appeal in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong’s ‘King of Penny Stocks’ to take over Birmingham City from Carson Yeung

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Hong Kong courts

‘Real danger’: Hong Kong courts departing from UK framework in money laundering cases, Carson Yeung’s lawyer argues as appeal begins

Businessman Carson Yeung Ka-sing (centre) appears at the Court of Final Appeal. Photo: Sam Tsang

Carson Yeung freed on bail after Hong Kong court allows him to appeal dirty-money conviction

Convicted money launderer and former English Premier League soccer chairman Carson Yeung Ka-sing was freed from jail after Hong Kong’s top court granted him the right to challenge his conviction.

Former Birmingham City FC owner would have had the same defence regardless of charges, prosecutors argue

Jailed former Birmingham City Football Club owner Carson Yeung Ka-sing has claimed in his money-laundering appeal hearing that prosecutors charged him too broadly, thereby limiting his options to defend himself.

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Birmingham International EGM invalid, say receivers

Carson Yeung was jailed for six years for money laundering. Photo: Felix Wong

Doubt raised over Carson Yeung’s knowledge of money laundering at appeal hearing

Businessman may not have known of criminal origins, appeal hearing told

Seven resignations, two sackings and two suspensions on board of troubled Birmingham International

Tycoon Carson Yeung plots business move from his jail cell in Hong Kong

Convicted money launderer and former top-flight English soccer club owner Carson Yeung Ka-sing is still making business moves from his maximum-security cell in Stanley Prison.

Carson Yeung was sentenced to six years in jail last March for laundering HK$721 million.

Former Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung’s appeal unlikely to succeed, says judge who rejected bail

Former Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung Ka-sing’s bail application was rejected because an appeal against his conviction for money-laundering had little chance of success, a Court of Appeal judge said.

Carson Yeung's appeal hearing is slated for March 11. Photo: Dickson Lee

Ex-Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung denied bail pending appeal

A judge refused former Birmingham City Football Club boss Carson Yeung Ka-sing's application for bail, pending appeal against his conviction and six-year jail term for laundering HK$721 million.

BIH hits investors with profit warning

Birmingham International Holdings (BIH) has warned investors to expect a significant loss for the year ended June 30.

Carson Yeung's investment firm, Birmingham International, suspends HKEx trading

Birmingham International Holdings (BIH) announced yesterday it had received a non-binding offer from a third party in relation to a possible acquisition of a 24 per cent interest in Birmingham City Football Club.

Carson Yeung was convicted last March of money laundering. Photo: Sam Tsang

Birmingham City boss Carson Yeung files appeal against six-year jail term

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Jailed Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung sued over HK$2.3 million debt

Timeline: The trial of Carson Yeung

Carson Yeung Ka-sing, a hairdresser-turned-businessman who was once the majority shareholder of the Birmingham City Football Club, has been jailed for money laundering following a lengthy trial spanning nearly an entire year.

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Carson Yeung jailed for six years after tip-off triggered money-laundering probe

An anonymous letter of complaint written in English triggered the investigation that ended with one-time high-flyer Carson Yeung Ka-sing behind bars yesterday. Police disclosed this as the hairdresser-turned-businessman and owner of English soccer club Birmingham City started a six-year jail term for money-laundering.

Money launderer Carson Yeung tries to hide his face as he is taken away to begin his six-year jail term. Photo: Dickson Lee

Update | Carson Yeung spends first night in jail after conviction for money laundering

The Birmingham City boss, who was found guilty of laundering HK$721 million using five Hong Kong bank accounts, is expected to be given a custodial sentence on Friday.

Carson Yeung quits all posts with English soccer club Birmingham City

Birmingham City chief Carson Yeung accused over 'inconsistent' evidence

Birmingham City Football Club boss Carson Yeung Ka-sing's evidence in his money laundering trial was at variance with that of his accounting expert, and he gave more than one version of some of the contentious issues, the prosecution said.

Carson Yeung outside court yesterday. Photo: Sam Tsang

Carson Yeung belittles talk of HK$248m takeover of Birmingham City FC

Birmingham City Football Club is "priceless", its boss Carson Yeung Ka-sing says in dismissing talk of an Italian millionaire's proposed acquisition bid, estimated at HK$248 million.

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Carson Yeung demands money laundering trial halt over 'unfair' evidence

Birmingham City soccer club boss Carson Yeung Ka-sing has for a second time asked the court to halt his HK$721 million money laundering trial, after his first attempt failed in May.

The money I took was from my investments: Carson Yeung

Soccer boss Carson Yeung had money woes since 2002: prosecution

Carson Yeung. Photo: AFP

Carson Yeung planned mainland soccer empire, he tells money laundering trial

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Lucky bets brought HK$62m windfall

Update | Carson Yeung says styling and stocks made his fortune

Birmingham City Football Club boss Carson Yeung Ka-sing explained in court how he amassed wealth of up to HK$100 million in 2000 from running upmarket salons, property investments in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, and stock dealings.

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