by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Oct 23, 2023
The recent Patisserie Valerie charges against four individuals provide a preview of the type of scenario in which companies could be investigated under the “new failure to prevent fraud offence” as well as the expanded test for corporate criminal...
by AdrianaAMLP | Oct 20, 2023
Serious Fraud Office opens a criminal investigation into a suspected fraud at Safe Hands Plans Limited and its parent company SHP Capital Holdings Limited after their funeral plan scheme collapsed last year.
by AdrianaAMLP | Sep 13, 2023
The SFO opened a full investigation into the conduct, codenamed “Operation Venom”, in October 2018. This came two days after the company abruptly suspended trading, closing 70 stores and causing the loss of over 900 jobs across the country when its debts were...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Sep 4, 2023
The speech highlighted the SFO’s achievements and key activities over the last five years under the directorship of Lisa Osofsky. These included 29 convictions, eight deferred prosecution agreements – worth over £1 billion to the UK taxpayer…
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Jul 18, 2023
SFO performance was characterised by a higher number of prosecutions than in previous years, a steady number of active investigations, and the beginning of a wide-ranging programme of internal reform.
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