Yearly Archives: 2018
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Ensuring our country is a high risk place for the world’s most sophisticated criminals to operate
3rd Sep 2018 | SpeechesLisa Osofsky, Director, at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime 2018, Jesus College, Cambridge.
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Six convicted in solar panel installation fraud
29th Aug 2018 | News ReleasesToday a jury at Liverpool Crown Court found six men guilty of running a £17m fraudulent scheme to install solar panels which defrauded 1,500 victims including elderly, retired and vulnerable people.
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Lisa Osofsky begins tenure as SFO Director
28th Aug 2018 | News ReleasesLisa Osofsky’s five year term as Director of the Serious Fraud Office begins today, 28 August 2018. Her appointment was announced by the then Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC MP, on 4 June. Her start date was subsequently brought forward from 3 September. Mark Thompson, who served as Interim Director from the end of April […]
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Güralp Systems founder and former Managing Director charged with corruption over South Korea contracts
17th Aug 2018 | News ReleasesDr Cansun, Guralp founder and Andrew Bell, Managing Director, both formerly employed by Güralp Systems Limited, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 20th August 2018.
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Senior bankers sentenced to more than 13 years for rigging EURIBOR rate
19th Jul 2018 | News ReleasesToday Christian Bittar and Phillipe Moryoussef were sentenced to a total of 13 years, 4 months’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court for manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) at the height of the financial crisis.
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Two former senior bankers convicted of fraud in SFO’s EURIBOR manipulation case
12th Jul 2018 | News ReleasesTwo former senior bankers have been convicted for manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) at the height of the financial crisis following an investigation and prosecution brought by the Serious Fraud Office.
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‘Wolf of Wimbledon’ fraudster receives additional jail term
27th Jun 2018 | News ReleasesConvicted boiler room fraudster, Jeffrey Revell-Reade, 53, has had his default prison sentence of 4 years activated by Westminster Magistrates’ Court for failure to pay a £7,535,802 confiscation order.
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Unaoil Group companies summonsed as part of SFO’s ongoing corruption investigation
26th Jun 2018 | News ReleasesThe Serious Fraud Office has commenced criminal proceedings against Unaoil Monaco SAM and Unaoil Ltd as part of an ongoing corruption prosecution.
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Corporate criminal liability, AI and DPAs
21st Jun 2018 | SpeechesCamilla de Silva, Joint Head of Bribery and Corruption, speaking at the Herbert Smith Freehills Corporate Crime Conference 2018.
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Lisa Osofsky named next Director of the SFO
4th Jun 2018 | News ReleasesThe Attorney General’s Office has today announced that Lisa Osofsky will be the next Director of the Serious Fraud Office.
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New joint principles published to compensate victims of economic crime overseas
1st Jun 2018 | News ReleasesThe agreement between the Crown Prosecution Service, National Crime Agency and the Serious Fraud Office establishes a common framework to jointly and transparently consider the issue of compensation in bribery, corruption and economic crime cases.
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New charges in SFO’s Unaoil investigation in relation to US$733 million contract
22nd May 2018 | News ReleasesBasil Al Jarah and Ziad Akle have both been charged with conspiracy to give corrupt payments to secure the award of a contract worth US$733 million to Leighton Contractors Singapore PTE Ltd for a project to build two oil pipelines in southern Iraq.