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SFO recovers £250,000 tennis club debenture from convicted fraudster

Today at Southwark Crown Court, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confiscated £250,000 from Achilleas Kallakis, one of the convicted fraudsters behind the UK’s largest ever mortgage fraud, held at the prestigious West London sports club, The Queen’s Club.

SFO secures conviction of solicitor for tipping off client about money laundering investigation

Today at the Old Bailey the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) secured the conviction of William Osmond, a solicitor, who disclosed confidential details about an investigation and forged a legal document in an attempt to mislead investigators.

Serious Fraud Office launches investigation into suspected fraud at Axiom Ince with nine raids and seven arrests

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today arrested seven individuals and carried out searches across nine sites, as it announces the launch of a criminal investigation into collapsed law firm Axiom Ince and £66m of missing client money.

SFO launches criminal investigation into funeral plan provider Safe Hands Plans

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened a criminal investigation into a suspected fraud at Safe Hands Plans Limited and its parent company SHP Capital Holdings Limited after their funeral plan scheme collapsed last year.

Information for Safe Hands Plans funeral plan holders

The SFO is in the early stages of the investigation and is liaising with the appointed administrators FRP Advisory Trading Ltd. At this time, we ask that plan holders do not contact the SFO directly; we will contact you directly if necessary.

Nick Ephgrave QPM begins tenure as Director of the Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) new Director, Nick Ephgrave QPM, takes up his position today. In his first week, he will address the SFO’s staff at the agency’s headquarters in central London, and meet representatives from UK law enforcement agencies and international prosecuting authorities.

SFO charges four individuals behind Patisserie Valerie collapse

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today brought fraud charges against four individuals, including a former director, who oversaw the financial failure of a chain of almost 200 high street bakeries.

SFO Chief Capability Officer delivers keynote speech at 2023 Cambridge Symposium

The Serious Fraud Office’s Chief Capability Officer, Michelle Crotty, responsible for leading the SFO’s strategy, skills, resourcing and systems, delivered our keynote speech at this year’s Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime.

Annual Report & Accounts 2022-23

The Serious Fraud Office’s Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year 2022-23. The financial statements and certain sections of the accountability report are audited by the National Audit Office before they are presented to Parliament. The report was laid in Parliament on 18 July 2023.

SFO seizes Sheffield flat linked to £17 million bribery in China

Today at the High Court, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) successfully recovered a property worth £200,000 and over £8,000 in rental profits from Dr Guang Jiang, an agent who helped British technology company Sarclad Ltd to pay bribes to secure business in China.

SFO intercepts funds from sanctioned bank to return to international fraud victims

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will recover over £500,000 for the victims of a worldwide email fraud, after freezing money bound for a sanctioned Lebanese bank and securing High Court approval to use the unique case to trial a new approach to victim reparation. The money was stolen from victims through a scam orchestrated by […]

Serious Fraud Office charges former CEO and CFO of London Mining Plc with bribery

Today, at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged London Mining Plc Chief Executive Officer Graeme Hossie, Chief Financial Officer Rachel Rhodes and international business consultant Ariel Armon with conspiring to make multiple corrupt payments to secure preferential treatment in Sierra Leone. London Mining Plc had operations in Brazil, China, Colombia, Greenland, Saudi […]