Search Results for: Serious Fraud Office
Tesco poised to dump auditor after accounting scandal
November 19th, 2014
Tesco could be on the verge of dumping PwC, its auditor of 31 years, over its apparent failure to identify the accounting problems that led to a black hole in its books. The Evening Standard understands that board members ...
FCA fines five banks £1.1 billion for FX failings
November 12th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed fines totalling £1,114,918,000 ($1.7 billion) on five banks for failing to control business practices in their G10 spot foreign exchange (FX) trading operations: Citibank N.A. £225,575,000 ($358 million), HSBC Bank Plc £216,363,000 ...
SFO in court for Alstom bribery case
October 9th, 2014
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has enlisted Three Raymond Buildings’ Simon Farrell QC and Rachel Scott for its court case against French train giant Alstom, which it accused of paying around $8m (£5m) in bribes to officials over a ...
FMA and SFO sign MOU to improve agency cooperation
July 30th, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority, has announced a cooperation with the Serious Fraud Office iby signing a Memorandum of Understanding. In this way, both regulators continue their efficient action against unauthorised firms. Police Minister Anne Tolley and Commerce Minister Craig ...
GSK confirms it fired staff for corruption in China in 2001
July 17th, 2014
GlaxoSmithKline said it fired staff in China for bribing officials in 2001 in a case that predates wider allegations of corruption for the British drugmaker in the country by more than a decade. About 30 staff in GSK’s vaccines ...
Sex Video Is New Twist In GSK China Bribery Scandal
June 30th, 2014
GlaxoSmithKline GSK.L on Sunday confirmed the existence of an intimate video recording of its former China head, Mark Reilly, which the Sunday Times reported kicked off a bribery investigation that has damaged the drugmaker’s business in China. The Sunday ...
Former Barclays New York Trio Face Libor Charges in U.K. Court
May 27th, 2014
Three former Barclays Plc (BARC) New York derivatives traders appeared at a London court after being charged with manipulating Libor by U.K. prosecutors, in the second group from the British bank to face U.K. criminal action. Ryan Reich, Alex ...
Invesco Fined, EU Stress Test, Libor Charges: Compliance
April 29th, 2014
Invesco Perpetual (IPE) was fined 18.6 million pounds ($31.3 million) for failing to comply with risk limits or tell clients about the use of derivatives as leverage in their funds. Invesco Perpetual, the largest retail investment manager in the ...
Internet provider faces big GDPR fine for lax call centre checks
December 30th, 2019
A German internet service provider faces a €9.6m ($10.6m; £8m) fine after being accused of failing to carry out tough enough customer ID checks. Germany’s data protection watchdog said anyone who called 1&1 Telecom could get extensive personal information ...
The US Government Debt Crisis
May 2nd, 2019
This article explains why the US Government is ensnared in a debt trap from which there is no escape. Its finances are spiralling out of control. In the context of a rapidly slowing global economy, the budget deficit ...
