Press releases 2010

• BAE fined in Tanzania defence contract case

  21 December 2010

  Today at Southwark Crown Court BAE Systems Plc was fined £500,000 after admitting it had failed to keep adequate accounting records in relation to a defence contract for the supply of an air traffic control system to the Government of Tanzania.  This outcome follows a settlement by BAE as part of a global agreement it reached earlier this year with the Serious Fraud Office and the US Department of Justice concerning contracts in a number of countries.

• Jail sentences for care services fraudsters

  03 December 2010

  Today at Manchester Crown Court, James Frauts and Christopher Lynch were jailed for 40 months and 22 months respectively for their roles in defrauding Resource Partners PLC, a London finance company.  James Frauts was the managing director and Christopher Lynch the administration manager of Insight Ltd, a company based in Manchester that provided specialist healthcare services to young people and adults suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorder.

• Insurance Broker jailed for bribing Costa Rican officials

  26 October 2010

  Julian Messent was sentenced today to 21 months' imprisonment after admitting making or authorising corrupt payments of almost US $2 million to Costa Rican officials in the state insurance company, Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) and the national electricity and telecommunications provider Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE).

• Sports Direct plc and JJB Sports plc

  19 October 2010

  The Serious Fraud Office investigation into Sports Direct International plc and JJB Sports plc has been completed and it is decided that no charges are to be brought against the companies.  The investigation into individuals continues.   The SFO investigation into suspected offences under the Fraud Act and the Enterprise Act commenced in September 2009.

• Update in relation to Securency International PTY Ltd

  15 October 2010

  More arrests were made this week in relation to the joint investigation between the Serious Fraud Office and The Australian Federal Police involving the activities of the employees and agents of Securency International PTY Ltd and their alleged corrupt role in securing international polymer banknote contracts.

• Coordinated global searches in relation to Securency International PTY Ltd

  06 October 2010

  This morning [6 October 2010] during a coordinated search and arrest operation, over 80 members of the Serious Fraud Office, supported by officers of Surrey, Hampshire, Thames Valley, Cumbria and the Metropolitan police services executed search warrants at 8 residential and a commercial site in the UK.

• Two guilty in care services fraud

  05 October 2010

  A managing director and an administration manager of a healthcare services company based in Salford, Manchester have been convicted of fraud on a London finance company totalling over £1.2 million. Christopher Lynch, administration manager of Insight (1997) Ltd ("Insight") was yesterday found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of conspiring to defraud Resource Partners PLC.

• Five charged in energy sector corruption ring

  22 September 2010

  Five men have appeared today before the City of London Magistrates' Court charged with offences of conspiracy to corrupt.  This follows a two-year investigation into allegations of corruption in relation to multi-million pound engineering contracts in the energy sector.

• SFO raids in hunt for assets in a boiler room fraud.

  09 September 2010

  Five residences across south east England were targeted in a Serious Fraud Office swoop today.  Supported by the Metropolitan, Kent and Essex police forces, the searches involved 40 investigators and officers.  A number of vehicles were also searched.

• Imperial Consolidated director jailed

  05 August 2010

  A former director of an investment firm, Imperial Consolidated Group, which managed over £250 million of investors' funds, was sentenced at Blackfriars Crown Court today for his part in a global fraud conspiracy.  William "Bill" Godley, who admitted his involvement and whose extravagance with investors' money was "unbelievable" was sentenced to 3 ½ years' imprisonment.

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