SFO - Serious Fraud Office

Combating major fraud and corruption

Our aim is to protect society from extensive, deliberate criminal deception which could threaten public confidence in the financial system.  We investigate fraud and corruption that requires our investigative expertise and special powers to obtain and assess evidence to successfully prosecute fraudsters, freeze assets and compensate victims.

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16 May 2012

SFO investigates football apprenticeship schemes

Three men have been arrested in an investigation into a suspected fraud surrounding football-based apprenticeship schemes financed by the Skills Funding Agency. Early this morning Serious Fraud Office investigators, together with ...

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Mass market fraud - don't fall for it

Mass marketing sc@m

How you can protect yourself from mass market fraud.

 

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Be aware! Current scams

Telephone scam

What to do if you receive a call from someone asking for information, who claims to be from the SFO.

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