SFO Annual Report and Account 2021/22

The SFO has undertaken three instances of executive action on investigations into the activities of: Raedex Consortium – Apr 2021, raided 2 properties, arresting one individual and interviewing two suspects. Alpha and Green Park Companies – Sept 2021 and carried out a...

SFO on fraudulent Global Forestry Investment scheme

Mr Bowers and Mr Skeene were behind Global Forestry Investments, a fraudulent green investment scheme which scammed around 2,000 investors out of their savings and pensions. The fraudulent duo encouraged victims to invest in three Brazilian teak tree plantations,...

First SFO trial of 2022 results in double conviction

The SFO has secured the convictions of the two company directors behind fraudulent green investment schemes in Brazil, which took in approximately £37 million of investments. Global Forestry Investments was presented as a secure, well-managed, ethical...

The SFO “Operation Steamroller”

SFO will be returning over £1 million to more than 200 victims, following one of the largest boiler room frauds ever pursued by a UK authority. The SFO’s seven year investigation, codenamed Operation Steamroller, led to the successful prosecution of Australian...