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FOI 2019-164&158 – Guralp SFO costs

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Date Answered: 9 January 2020

This request asked:

Are you able to give me an estimate of the SFO’s costs in prosecuting the Guralp case, including investigation, legal and court costs?

Our response:

The below table provides a breakdown of the total SFO costs of investigating and prosecuting in the Güralp Systems case (all figures are £).

Permanent Staff

2,366,325

Fees to Counsel

1,164,805

Non-Permanent Staff

52,508

Other Investigation Costs

77,046

Travel and Subsistence

9,036

Total

3,669,720

Please note the SFO did not include costs as part of the DPA so we do not hold this information. You may be aware, however, that as a result of the DPA, Güralp Systems Ltd agreed to pay a total of £2,069,861 for disgorgement of gross profits to the SFO for onward transmission to the Consolidated Fund.