Jan 21, 2020 Get with the programme: the SFO releases new guidance on compliance programmes By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has released new guidance on its website – as part of its Operational Handbook – setting out key...
Dec 23, 2019 Hit for six: the SFO obtains a sixth DPA By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced its sixth Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA), entered into with Güralp Systems Limited...
Jul 30, 2019 Who, me? The Criminal Court of Appeal gives its backing to the "identification principle" By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Criminal Court of Appeal has given its support to the "identification principle" in its judgment dated 23 July 2019 in the case of R...
May 02, 2019 Need for speed: SFO chief moves to expedite investigations by improving focus By Neill Blundell Francis Bond The head of the SFO, Lisa Osofsky, has made it clear that the SFO needs to improve the way it handles evidence in fraud and corruption...
Mar 14, 2019 Call for tougher UK laws on fraud and money laundering By Macfarlanes The Select Committee on the Bribery Act 2010 has published its post-legislative scrutiny report, concluding that the Act is exemplary and...
Dec 04, 2018 The successful conclusion of the SFO's first DPA By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced at the end of last week that its first deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) has been...
Nov 09, 2018 Co-operate and Reform - Lisa Osofsky (director of the SFO) gives guidance on how to agree a DPA By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs Lisa Osofsky, director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), delivered a speech yesterday at the Trace European Forum and made some very...