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  • Prison terms for corruption in oil and gas contracts

    31 January 2012

    Prison sentences have been handed down in a case where corrupt payments were obtained for passing on confidential procurement information to bidding suppliers.  The contracts related to a series of high-value oil and gas engineering projects between 2001 and 2009 in Iran, Egypt, Russia, Singapore and Abu Dhabi   The sentences are:  Andrew Rybak (d.

  • Three jailed for a €22 million forgery fraud on a Swiss bank

    27 January 2012

    **Amended press release** Mr Steele has no previous convictions for dishonesty. The reference to past dishonesty was in fact attributed by the sentencing judge to co-conspirator, Mr Shephard, also sentenced on 27 January and named in this SFO press release, amended below.

  • Four guilty in £70 million contracts corruption case

    25 January 2012

    Four men have been convicted of conspiring to corruptly obtain payments by supplying confidential information about a series of high-value engineering projects in the oil and gas engineering industry.

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