Category Archives: News Releases

• Landmark Supreme Court victory for the Serious Fraud Office

  2nd Apr 2014 | News Releases

  The Supreme Court made a landmark decision in favour of the SFO, with regard to pre-trial criminal restraint orders.

• LIBOR: Three former ICAP brokers to be charged

  28th Mar 2014 | News Releases

  Criminal proceedings by the Serious Fraud Office have commenced against three former employees at ICAP Plc, in connection with the manipulation of LIBOR

• LIBOR investigation brings further charges

  17th Mar 2014 | News Releases

  Criminal proceedings have commenced against three former employees at Barclays Bank PLC, in connection with the manipulation of LIBOR.

• John Fitzpatrick sentenced to six years

  27th Feb 2014 | News Releases

  John Fitzpatrick, a solicitor, was sentenced to six years imprisonment for theft and fraud offences relating to mortgage fraud.

• Deferred Prosecution Agreements: new guidance for prosecutors

  14th Feb 2014 | News Releases

  The Director of the SFO and the Director of Public Prosecutions published a joint code of practice on the use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements

• ‘Boiler Room’ fraudster sentenced to additional six years

  22nd Jan 2014 | News Releases

  Rahul Natwar Patel was sentenced to six years imprisonment for failure to pay a confiscation order relating to a £10 million ‘boiler room’ fraud.

• Rolls-Royce – Opened investigation

  23rd Dec 2013 | News Releases

  The Director of the SFO opened a criminal investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption at Rolls Royce.

• Property developer sentenced to additional ten years

  3rd Dec 2013 | News Releases

  Saghir Afzal, a property developer, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for failure to pay a confiscation order relating to a £49 million mortgage fraud

• Arck LLP former partners: criminal charges

  22nd Nov 2013 | News Releases

  Kathryn Clark and Richard Clay, former partners of Arck LLP were charged with fraud and forgery offences on 22 November 2013.

• G4S and Serco investigation

  4th Nov 2013 | News Releases

  The Director of the Serious Fraud Office opened a criminal investigation into G4S and Serco electronic monitoring contracts.

• Printing company corruption charges

  23rd Oct 2013 | News Releases

  Smith and Ouzman Limited and four individuals have been charged with offences of corruptly agreeing to make payments of nearly half a million pounds.

• Gyrus Group Limited and Olympus Corporation

  4th Sep 2013 | News Releases

  The Serious Fraud Office has commenced criminal charges against Gyrus Group Limited and Olympus Corporation by written charge