Search Results for: Serious Fraud Office
SFO charges Barclays and four individuals with conspiracy to commit fraud
June 20th, 2017
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today charged Barclays Plc and four individuals with conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of unlawful financial assistance contrary to the Companies Act 1985. The charges relate to Barclays Plc’s capital raising ...
Financial fraud losses in UK totalled £768.8 million in 2016
April 1st, 2017
Financial fraud losses across payment cards, remote banking and cheques totalled £768.8 million in 2016, an increase of 2 per cent on the previous year, figures from Financial Fraud Action UK show. The new data shows banks and card ...
Ex-Tesco bosses to appear in court on fraud and false accounting charges
October 20th, 2016
Christopher Bush, Carl Rogberg and John Scouler previously pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them Three former Tesco executives are to appear in crown court to face charges of fraud and false accounting in relation to a ...
FFA UK reports Financial Fraud increase
October 12th, 2016
Financial fraud in the first half of 2016 increased by a quarter to £399.5 million, enabled by scams and online attacks, new figures published today (Wednesday 12 October 2016) by Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK) show. Banks’ security ...
FCA fines Sonali Bank for serious anti-money laundering systems failings
October 12th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Sonali Bank (UK) Limited (SBUK) £3,250,600 and has imposed a restriction, preventing it from accepting deposits from new customers for 168 days. It has also fined the bank’s former money laundering reporting ...
Europol: Searches, seizures and arrests were carried out in eight EU countries against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering
June 30th, 2016
Yesterday, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, Europol supported an international action day against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering defrauding EU citizens of approximately EUR 57 million in tax revenues via companies selling ...
International Telecom Group offices raided over money laundering and tax fraud suspicion
June 22nd, 2016
Nineteen people have been arrested and nine of them charged with money laundering after BuzzFeed News revealed Lycamobile’s “deeply suspicious” cash movements. The Conservative party’s biggest donor, the telecoms giant Lycamobile, has been raided by French police on suspicion ...
UK: Three sentenced to 20 years for defrauding investors over £80m in Ponzi scheme
May 25th, 2016
Three men convicted of defrauding investors out of almost £80m ($116.4m, €104m) in a London-based Ponzi scheme to fund their lavish lifestyles have been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison. Forty-year-old Jolan Marc Saunders, Michael Dean Strubel, 54 ...
Rolls-Royce calls in top law firm to deal with fraud investigation
November 17th, 2015
The engine maker’s decision to bring in Slaughter and May underlines seriousness of allegations Rolls-Royce has called in a leading law firm to help it deal with bribery allegations and a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation. Slaughter and May has ...
Amazon and eBay ‘liable’ if they ignore VAT fraud
November 2nd, 2015
Amazon and eBay could be liable for billions of pounds in unpaid VAT if they fail to properly investigate traders using their sites to escape sales tax, the BBC has learned. The online marketplaces could be legally required to ...
