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UPDATE 2-Stockbroker charged with fraud - SFO

Published 03/04/2011, 10:11 AM

* Nicholas Levene charged with 16 offences - SFO

* Charges follow 15-month investigation - SFO

* Levene's solicitor says allegations "strenuously denied" (Adds details, solicitor quote)

LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Stockbroker Nicholas Levene has been charged with fraud, forgery, money laundering and false accounting, Britain's Serious Fraud Office said on Friday.

Levene, 46, was charged with a total of 16 offences following a 15-month investigation by the SFO and the City of London Police, the SFO said on Friday.

He has been released on police bail and is due to appear in court on March 11, when further details on the charges may be made public, a spokesperson for the SFO said.

Lawyers representing Nicholas Levene said he strongly denied the charges, and directed all further inquiries to British publicist Max Clifford.

"These are simply allegations at the moment and they are strenuously denied," Philip Smith, partner at Tuckers Solicitors, said. (Reporting by Myles Neligan and Tommy Wilkes; Editing by Jon Loades-Carter)

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