Category Archives: News Releases
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A lifetime’s savings lost in a moment
24th Jul 2014 | News ReleasesPress Release on behalf of The Pensions Regulator Victims of pension scams have warned of the devastating impact of losing thousands of pounds in retirement savings as part of a hard-hitting campaign to help tackle the problem. They have spoken out in a bid to prevent others from being enticed into trying to access their […]
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Bruce Hall sentenced to 16 months in prison
22nd Jul 2014 | News ReleasesBruce Hall has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for conspiracy to corrupt, in relation to contracts with a Bahraini company, Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C
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Forex investigation
21st Jul 2014 | News ReleasesThe Director of the Serious Fraud Office has today opened a criminal investigation into allegations of fraudulent conduct in the foreign exchange market.
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Edward Davenport ordered to pay £13.9M
17th Jul 2014 | News ReleasesEdward Davenport, convicted of conspiracy to defraud in October 2011, was ordered to pay a total of £13.9 million in confiscation and compensation
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Sweett Group Investigation
14th Jul 2014 | News ReleasesThe Director of the Serious Fraud Office opened an investigation into Sweett Group in relation to its activities in the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere
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Xclusive Tickets Director sentenced to additional six years’ imprisonment
24th Jun 2014 | News ReleasesTerence Shepherd, director of Xclusive Tickets was sentenced to an additional six years imprisonment in connection with a conviction of fraudulent trading
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SFO applies for voluntary bill of indictment
19th Jun 2014 | Case UpdatesThe SFO applied to the High Court for a voluntary bill of indictment in relation to to the sale of four open-cast mining sites in South Wales
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Two More Guilty in Innospec Conspiracy Trial
18th Jun 2014 | News ReleasesDennis Kerrison and Miltiades Papachristos were convicted of conspiracy to commit corruption as part of the SFO’s investigatioin into Innospec
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Two sentenced in £70m boiler room fraud trial
6th Jun 2014 | News ReleasesJeffrey Revell-Reade and Anthony May were sentenced for their roles in what is believed to be the largest boiler room fraud ever pursued by a UK authority
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Nine convictions linked to £70m boiler room fraud
4th Jun 2014 | News ReleasesJeffrey Revell-Reade, Anthony May and 7 others were convicted for their roles in a £70 million boiler room fraud which operated from Madrid, Spain
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC investigation
27th May 2014 | News ReleasesThe Director of the SFO has opened a criminal investigation into the commercial practices of GlaxoSmithKline plc and its subsidiaries.
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Additional charges in LIBOR investigation
28th Apr 2014 | News ReleasesCriminal proceedings were issued against Jay Merchant, Alex Pabon and Ryan Reich, in connection with the SFO’s investigation into the manipulation of LIBOR.