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2020-047 – Number of Prosecutions

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Date Answered: 1 March 2020

Response:

(i)     How many prosecutions were brought by the SFO for offences under the Fraud Act 2006, in each of the below time periods?:

1 March 2017 to 28 Feb 2018

1 March 2018 to 28 Feb 2019

1 March 2019 to 28 Feb 2020

 

Number of prosecutions brought by the SFO for offences under the Fraud Act 2006

1 March 2017 – 28 February 2018

14

1 March 2018 – 28 February 2019

0

1 March 2019 – 28 February 2020

3

 

Please note that ‘prosecutions brought by the SFO’ has been interpreted to be the number of individuals/organisations that the SFO charged with offences under the Fraud Act 2006 in the requested periods.

(ii)    From the number of prosecutions brought under the Fraud Act 2006 by the SFO in each of the above time periods, how many convictions were secured for offences under the Fraud Act 2006 in each of those time periods?

 

Number of convictions secured by the SFO for offences under the Fraud Act 2006

1 March 2017 – 28 February 2018

0

1 March 2018 – 28 February 2019

8

1 March 2019 – 28 February 2020

0

As requested, this table shows the number of prosecutions from question 1 that resulted in convictions, showing the time period in which the conviction was secured. This data does not include convictions that were secured during the above time periods where the prosecutions (charges) were brought by the SFO prior to 1 March 2017. Please also note that the three prosecutions brought by the SFO in the period 1 March 2019 – 28 February are still before the courts and awaiting trial.