Feb 02, 2023 New failure to prevent offences coming soon – but will they prevent anything? By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey Aaliyah Sattar The news that - finally - the government plans to introduce new failure to prevent (“FTP”) offences in the economic crime sphere has been...
Feb 14, 2020 HMRC announces more investigations into the “failure to prevent” tax evasion offence By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs HMRC has released an update on its investigations of the relatively new corporate criminal offence (CCO) of failure to prevent the...
Mar 14, 2019 And they're off! HMRC launches its first investigations under the new "failure to prevent" offence By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs HMRC has launched its first criminal investigations using new powers brought in by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA), which became...
Jan 15, 2018 Fraud prosecutions on the increase By Dan Lavender As this article shows, prosecutions for fraud involving financial services firms are on the increase. Criminal authorities are focusing...