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Further charges against former Güralp Systems employees in South Korean bribery and corruption case

Natalie Pearce has been charged by requisition with conspiracy to make corrupt payments contrary to Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.

New senior roles at the SFO

The SFO is expanding and restructuring its management team, to strengthen the organisation’s intelligence and case development function and to bring a clearer focus to the Chief Investigator and General Counsel roles.

SFO General Counsel, Alun Milford, to join Kingsley Napley

General Counsel Alun Milford will be leaving the SFO to join law firm Kingsley Napley as a partner at a date to be confirmed.

All economic crime has victims

Elizabeth Baker, Head of Proceeds of Crime and International Assistance Division, on the Asset Recovery Panel at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime 2018, Jesus College, Cambridge.

Rendering accountable the wealth of criminals

Alun Milford, General Counsel, at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime 2018, Jesus College, Cambridge.

Ensuring our country is a high risk place for the world’s most sophisticated criminals to operate

Lisa Osofsky, Director, at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime 2018, Jesus College, Cambridge.

Six convicted in solar panel installation fraud

Today a jury at Liverpool Crown Court found six men guilty of running a £17m fraudulent scheme to install solar panels which defrauded 1,500 victims including elderly, retired and vulnerable people.

Lisa Osofsky begins tenure as SFO Director

Lisa Osofsky’s five year term as Director of the Serious Fraud Office begins today, 28 August 2018. Her appointment was announced by the then Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC MP, on 4 June. Her start date was subsequently brought forward from 3 September. Mark Thompson, who served as Interim Director from the end of April […]

Güralp Systems founder and former Managing Director charged with corruption over South Korea contracts

Dr Cansun, Guralp founder and Andrew Bell, Managing Director, both formerly employed by Güralp Systems Limited, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 20th August 2018.

‘Wolf of Wimbledon’ fraudster receives additional jail term

Convicted boiler room fraudster, Jeffrey Revell-Reade, 53, has had his default prison sentence of 4 years activated by Westminster Magistrates’ Court for failure to pay a £7,535,802 confiscation order.

Unaoil Group companies summonsed as part of SFO’s ongoing corruption investigation

The Serious Fraud Office has commenced criminal proceedings against Unaoil Monaco SAM and Unaoil Ltd as part of an ongoing corruption prosecution.

Corporate criminal liability, AI and DPAs

Camilla de Silva, Joint Head of Bribery and Corruption, speaking at the Herbert Smith Freehills Corporate Crime Conference 2018.