UK SFO launches bribery probe into Blu-3 and Mace associates over Microsoft data centre project

The investigation revolves around allegations that more than £3 million in bribes were paid to secure lucrative contracts, triggering coordinated property searches across the UK and Monaco and leading to three arrests. This case underscores the SFO’s growing use of fast, tech-enabled investigative techniques and its sharpened focus on international cooperation, whistleblower outreach, and the application of the new “failure to prevent fraud”…