Category Archives: News Releases

• Asil Nadir sentenced

  23rd Aug 2012 | News Releases

  Asil Nadir has been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. This follows his conviction this week of the theft of nearly £29m from Polly Peck International.

• Asil Nadir found guilty

  22nd Aug 2012 | News Releases

  Asil Nadir has been convicted of stealing millions of pounds from Polly Peck International. The fraud was conducted between 1987 and 1990.

• Guilty verdicts in £10m fraud trial

  13th Aug 2012 | News Releases

  John Hirst, Richard Pollett and Linda Hirst were convicted in relation to a “Ponzi” fraud. The company Giller Inc was used to siphon off around £5 million.

• Kaupthing: Judicial review judgment

  31st Jul 2012 | News Releases

  Kaupthing: The High Court handed down judgement following judicial review proceedings brought against the SFO by Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz

• LIBOR: Criminal offences are capable of covering conduct

  30th Jul 2012 | News Releases

  David Green QC (DSFO), is satisfied that existing criminal offences are capable of covering conduct in relation to the alleged manipulation of LIBOR.

• Innospec Ltd: Former CEO admits bribery to falsify product tests

  30th Jul 2012 | News Releases

  Former CEO Paul Jennings, Innospec Ltd, admits to bribery charges in relation to public officials and other agents of the Government of Indonesia and Iraq.

• GP Noble Trustees pension fraud trials

  12th Jul 2012 | News Releases

  Graham Pitcher and Quentin Russell were convicted in relation a £52 million pension fund fraud administered by GP Noble.

• LIBOR: SFO to investigate

  6th Jul 2012 | News Releases

  The SFO Director David Green QC has today decided formally to accept the LIBOR matter for investigation.

• Oxford Publishing Ltd to pay almost £1.9 million as settlement after admitting unlawful conduct in its East African operations

  3rd Jul 2012 | News Releases

  The Serious Fraud Office has taken action in the High Court, which resulted in an Civil Recovery Order that Oxford Publishing Limited pay £1,895,435.

• LIBOR: Update

  2nd Jul 2012 | News Releases

  The SFO is considering whether it is both appropriate and possible to bring criminal prosecutions in regards to the recently reported issues of LIBOR.

• Innospec Ltd: Former CEO admits making corrupt payments

  11th Jun 2012 | News Releases

  Paul Jennings, Miltos Papachristos and Dennis Kerrison were charged with alleged offences of conspiring to make corrupt payments to public officials.

• SFO investigates football apprenticeship schemes

  16th May 2012 | News Releases

  Three men were arrested in an investigation into a suspected fraud relating to football-based apprenticeship schemes financed by the Skills Funding Agency.