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Deferred Prosecution Agreements: consultation on draft code of practice

The Director of the Serious Fraud Office and Director of Public Prosecutions today published a draft Code of Practice setting out their approach to the…

Final conviction in Torex Retail false accounting case

Mark Woodbridge, a company executive, has been sentenced today at Oxford Crown Court to three years and ten months’ imprisonment…

Trader charged in LIBOR investigation

Tom Hayes, a former trader at UBS and Citigroup, has today been charged in connection with the investigation into the manipulation of LIBOR.

Fraud Lawyers Association

David Green CB QC, Director, at the inaugural Fraud Lawyers Association, restating the role and purpose of the Serious Fraud Office.

Three men charged in Ponzi-style scheme

Today, three men appeared at City of London Magistrates Court charged with conspiracy to defraud investors in an alleged investment fraud…

SFO acts to recover criminal gains after death of defendant

The Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has taken action in the High Court, which has resulted in an Order that the Estate of a convicted…

JJB Sports PLC: Two men charged

Sir David Jones and Stuart Jones were charged with offences relating to forgery and misleading statements made to the market by JJB Sports Plc in 2009

South Wales coal mines fraud prosecution: Six at court

Eric Evans, Alan Whiteley, Frances Bodman, Richard Walters, Stephen Davies QC & Leighton Humphreys were charged with conspiracy to defraud today.

Five charged in South Wales mining sites fraud case

Eric Evans, Alan Whiteley, Frances Bodman, Richard Walters & Leighton Humphreys have been charged with conspiracy to defraud in relation to Celtic Energy.

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams jailed

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams have been sentenced to seven years’ and five years’ imprisonment respectively for conspiring to defraud banks.

Banks defrauded in £100 million bridging loan facility

Waheed Luqman, director of Lexi Holdings PLC, has been sentenced to 7 years’ for fraud and 4 ½ years each for two counts of false accounting.

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams guilty of defrauding banks in property financing deals

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams have been found guilty of defrauding Allied Irish Banks through deception and forgery to obtain finance.