Yearly Archives: 2019

• Emir Feisal and Martin Spencer join the SFO as Non-Executive Directors

  17th Jun 2019 | News Releases

  The Serious Fraud Office has appointed Emir Feisal and Martin Spencer to join its Board as Non-Executive Directors. Both were appointed following an open competition and join existing Non-Executive Directors Ruth Evans and Tony Osbaldiston.

• Prosecution of director of ALM Services UK Ltd for failure to produce documents

  14th Jun 2019 | Case Updates

  Anna Machkevitch has today been charged in connection with an ongoing corruption investigation into Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation and related companies.

• FH Bertling sentenced for $20m Angolan bribery scheme

  3rd Jun 2019 | Case Updates

  Today FH Bertling Ltd was handed an £850,000 fine for a bribery scheme created to secure contracts in Angola.

• Former company director pleads guilty to £12 million bribery scheme

  30th May 2019 | Case Updates

  Carole Ann Hodson pleaded guilty today at Walsall Magistrates’ Court to bribery in relation to a scheme to secure £12m worth of contracts for ALCA Fasteners Ltd, a company she owned at the time.

• SFO opens investigation into Greenergy and biodiesel trading

  16th May 2019 | Case Updates

  The SFO can confirm today that it has opened a joint investigation with the Dutch authorities concerning certain aspects of biodiesel trading at Greenergy and various third parties.

• Fighting fraud and corruption in a shrinking world

  3rd Apr 2019 | Speeches

  Lisa Osofsky, Director, speaking at the Royal United Services Institute in London on 3 April 2019.

• Senior bankers sentenced to 9 years for rigging EURIBOR rate

  1st Apr 2019 | Case Updates

  Today Carlo Palombo and Colin Bermingham were sentenced to a total of 9 years imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court for manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) at the height of the financial crisis.

• Fourth senior banker convicted of fraud in SFO’s EURIBOR manipulation case

  28th Mar 2019 | Case Updates

  Former Managing Director at Barclays, Colin Bermingham, has been convicted of 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.

• Former banker convicted of fraud in SFO’s EURIBOR manipulation case

  26th Mar 2019 | Case Updates

  Former Barclays banker Carlo Palombo has been convicted of manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) following an investigation and prosecution brought by the Serious Fraud Office.

• SFO opens investigation into London Capital & Finance Plc

  18th Mar 2019 | Case Updates

  The Serious Fraud Office, working in conjunction with the Financial Conduct Authority, has opened an investigation into individuals associated with London Capital & Finance Plc.

• SFO nets £1.52m from suspected Birmingham fraudster

  15th Mar 2019 | Case Updates

  The SFO has secured the forfeiture of over £1.5 million from convicted fraudster Nisar Afzal, 61, of Birmingham.

• Sara Lawson QC appointed as new SFO General Counsel

  25th Feb 2019 | News Releases

  Following a fair and open competition, the Serious Fraud Office is pleased to announce that Sara Lawson QC is to join the SFO as our new General Counsel in May.