October 2018
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Osman Shahenshah & Shahid Ullah sentenced to 30 years for Afren fraud & money laundering
29th Oct 2018 | News ReleasesToday, Osman Shahenshah and Shahid Ullah received a total of 30 years for fraud and money laundering offences they had committed whilst they were CEO and Chief Operating Officer of Afren Plc.
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Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC
26th Oct 2018 | News ReleasesAs Barclays have reported in their Regulatory News Service announcement, the High Court has today ruled against the SFO’s application, seeking to reinstate the charges previously dismissed in the Crown Court.
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Ex-Afren CEO & COO convicted of fraud and money laundering over $300 million oil business deal
24th Oct 2018 | News ReleasesToday, Osman Shahenshah and Shahid Ullah were found guilty of fraud and money laundering offences from which they personally received more than $17m and laundered $45m by deceiving the Afren Board into agreeing a $300m business deal.
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Pace, proactivity and cooperation: challenges and priorities for the SFO today
17th Oct 2018 | SpeechesLisa Osofsky, Director, at the New York University School of Law, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, October 12 2018.
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Patisserie Holdings PLC
12th Oct 2018 | Case UpdatesFollowing this morning’s Regulatory News Service announcement by Patisserie Holdings PLC, the SFO confirms that its Director has opened a criminal investigation into an individual.
We can give no further information or comment at this time.
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SFO begins action to recover proceeds of alleged corrupt telecoms deals in Uzbekistan
3rd Oct 2018 | News ReleasesThe claim concerns a number of assets, including three UK properties, which the SFO alleges were obtained using the proceeds of corrupt deals in Uzbekistan involving Gulnara Karimova and Rustam Madumarov.
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Solar energy panel fraudsters sentenced to 30 years
2nd Oct 2018 | News ReleasesToday six men were sentenced to a total of 30 years’ and 4 months’ imprisonment for a £17m scam which defrauded 1,500 victims including elderly, retired and vulnerable people.