Serious Fraud Office in UK Law
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Fraudsters Beware: Ontario Launches Serious Fraud Office
Ontario has established a new agency to combat fraud. The Serious Fraud Office (the “SFO”), modelled on the UK’s anti-fraud agency of the same name, will place police investigators and fraud prosec...
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UK Serious Fraud Office releases DPA guidance
CEP Magazine (January 2021) - The United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office published new guidance related to deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs). The guidance, nested in the office’s internal S...
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Serious Fraud Office Reaches an Agreement with Standard Bank
The first deferred prosecution agreement in the UK was finalised between the Serious Fraud Office and Standard Bank, potentially paving the way for future similar agreements.
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UK’s Serious Fraud Office survives – but for how long?
This post was written by Simon D. Hart. After months of speculation, and rumoured turf wars within the UK government, it has today been confirmed that the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) will not...
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UK Serious Fraud Office Director Outlines Priorities in Keynote Speech
New director Lisa Osofsky confirms her focus on cross-border and corporate cooperation. On 3 September 2018, in her first speech, after only one week as head of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO)...
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UK’s Serious Fraud Office replaces barristers with robots
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), a government department that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud and corruption, has replaced barristers with artificial intelligence (AI) to r...
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New Director plans changes at the Serious Fraud Office
A few days ago the new Director of the Serious Fraud Office, David Green QC, used his first public speech at a corporate accountability conference in London organised by the accountancy firm PwC to...
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UK's Serious Fraud Office Secures LIBOR Conviction
On Monday, August 3, Tom Hayes was convicted and sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for his part in the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The result has attracted attentio...
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U.K. Serious Fraud Office Lays Out Framework for Corporate Cooperation
On August 6, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued new guidance formalizing its policy on corporate cooperation. Although the SFO makes no promises, the new policy serves as a useful road map ...
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‘Above & Beyond’? Serious Fraud Office Issues Corporate Co-Operation Guidance – Part I
The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has issued its long-awaited guidance on corporate co-operation. For the first time in one place, the SFO has set out what in its view are ‘indicators of good [co-o...
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