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UK SFO investigates De La Rue over South Sudan corruption claims
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
01 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
August/September 2019 - 01 August 2019
UK DPAs – what future?
Neil Williams (+44 (0)203 910 4566, neil.williams@rahmanravelli.co.uk)
is legal director at Rahman Ravelli.
Online Published Date:
05 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
UK Serious Fraud Office issues deferred prosecution guidance for corporates
Companies considering whether to cooperate with the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in a bid to avoid prosecution have a clearer idea of the agency’s expectations with publication of new guidance on 6 August [2019]. [1]A deferred prosecution agreement..
Online Published Date:
07 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Five million UK investors at risk of pension fraud, say regulators
In a survey of UK pension savers, for the Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulator, 42%, equivalent to five million across the population, proved vulnerable to at least one of the techniques used by fraudsters. Investors who considered..
Online Published Date:
07 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
UK high street banks set payee confirmation deadline by regulator
The UK’s six majorbanking groups have been instructed to fully implement new ‘Confirmation of
Payee’ (CoP) rules by 31 March 2020 to reduce the threat of fraudulent
activity.The country’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) says
it has issued a..
Online Published Date:
12 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Spectre of privilege issues looms large in SFO's corporate cooperation guidance
Nathan Capone (+44 (0)20 7861 4193, nathan.capone@fieldfisher.com) is a Director and Alexandra Hulme (+44 (0)207 861 4978, alexandra.hulme@fieldfisher.com) a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team at Fieldfisher.
Online Published Date:
12 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Taste test for real Scotch isn’t tongue in cheek
By Sarah Gibbons
Online Published Date:
13 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
UK fraud reporting centre staff ridiculed victims – insider story
Staff at the UK Action Fraud helpline centre mocked and misled victims, The Times has revealed. [1]An undercover reporter found that frontline employees were often school-leavers with two weeks' training; covert filming showed some asleep on the..
Online Published Date:
20 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
General Electric accused of US$38 billion accounting fraud
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
23 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019