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Friday, 20 December 2024
The Serious Fraud Office today charged five men following the collapse of the law firm Axiom Ince and alleged improper use of over £60 million of clie...
Thursday, 12 December 2024
The SFO is appealing for information from the public about a complex timeshare services scheme it believes was operated by an organised crime network....
Friday, 06 December 2024
Dr Gerald Martin Smith has been imprisoned for an additional 13 months for obstructing the SFO from seizing his properties on behalf of the taxpayer. ...
Thursday, 21 November 2024
The Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into suspected bribery and corruption at multi-national aviation and defence electronics group ...
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
At the Serious Fraud Office we’re marking International Fraud Awareness Week by celebrating staff who lead our international efforts....
Monday, 28 October 2024
The Serious Fraud Office is working with City of London police to make it easier for victims to report fraud....
Thursday, 10 October 2024
The SFO chooses its counsel from an approved panel and is required to refresh the list every four years. ...
Friday, 04 October 2024
The SFO has recovered a further £295,000 from Virendra Rastogi, now known as Vareen Kumar or Veerain Kumarr, convicted for an international metal trad...
Monday, 30 September 2024
The Serious Fraud Office is today announcing the appointment of two new board members....
Monday, 09 September 2024
Today, six former employees of commodities giant Glencore appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with conspiring to make corrupt payments....
Monday, 02 September 2024
The SFO has today executed a search warrant and seized 12 potentially luxury watches at a home in Dorset as part of a proceeds of crime investigation....
Sunday, 01 September 2024
The SFO's interim Chief Capability Officer, Freya Grimwood, delivered a keynote speech at the Cambridge International Symposium 2024....
Wednesday, 31 July 2024
The SFO has today charged Alex Beard, Andrew Gibson, Paul Hopkirk, Ramon Labiaga and Martin Wakefield with conspiring to make corrupt payments....
Thursday, 02 May 2024
The SFO has today secured the conviction of former investment manager David Kennedy for his part in a £100 million investment fraud....
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
The Serious Fraud Office’s five-year strategy, launched on 18th April 2024....
Thursday, 11 April 2024
SFO has secured a 30-month prison sentence and a £123,000 confiscation order for Jeffrey Cook, a former Ministry of Defence (MoD) official....
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
The SFO has today raided two sites and made three arrests across the south of England as part of a new investigation into an alleged £76 million fraud...
Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Today at Southwark Crown Court, the SFO secured the conviction of former Ministry of Defence (MoD) official Jeffrey Cook for misconduct in public offi...
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
The SFO has today raided three residences and made four arrests in Merseyside and Greater Manchester as it announced it is investigating Signature Gro...
Friday, 16 February 2024
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today charged two former Petrofac senior executives Marwan Chedid and George Salibi, with bribery. ...
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
On Tuesday 13 February 2024, Nick Ephgrave QPM gave his first public speech as Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)....
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Today at Southwark Crown Court, convicted fraudster David Hardie, formerly known as David Black and David Diaz, received a 16 month custodial sentence...
Friday, 19 January 2024
The SFO has today charged former company directors Reginald Larry-Cole and Scott Martin with fraud in relation to the nationwide car leasing scheme....
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Today at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, the SFO successfully prosecuted the convicted £17 million solar panel fraudster David Black for the second ti...
Wednesday, 06 December 2023
The SFO has today raided an address and arrested one individual, as it announces the launch of a new criminal investigation into fraud at AOG Technics...
Friday, 01 December 2023
Over £466,000 secured from former Balli Steel Plc. execs who are currently in prison after a successful prosecution by the UK’s specialist anti-fraud ...
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Solicitor William Osmond was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months, for tipping off his client about an SFO money laundering inv...
Friday, 24 November 2023
Today at Southwark Crown Court, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confiscated £250,000 from Achilleas Kallakis....
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
The Serious Fraud Office has today arrested seven individuals and carried out searches across nine sites....
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Conviction of a solicitor, who disclosed confidential details about an investigation and forged a legal document in an attempt to mislead investigator...
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