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SFO scores up on a lower budget
In 2009/10 the Serious Fraud Office secured convictions against 91% of defendants, which compares to a 61% five-year average when Richard Alderman took office as Director in April 2008. Thirteen cases went to trial,..
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
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October/November 10 - 01 October 2010
News
SFO scores up on a lower budget
In 2009/10 the Serious Fraud Office secured convictions against 91% of defendants, which compares to a 61% five-year average when Richard Alderman took office as Director in April 2008. Thirteen cases went to trial,..
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2006 - 01 October 2006
News
SFO scores up on a lower budget
In 2009/10 the Serious Fraud Office secured convictions against 91% of defendants, which compares to a 61% five-year average when Richard Alderman took office as Director in April 2008. Thirteen cases went to trial,..
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/Novemeber 10 - 01 October 2010
Inadequate procedures?
Last month the government published its draft guidance on the measures that are likely to constitute “adequate procedures” for the purposes of establishing a defence to the corporate offence under the Bribery Act 2010. At the same time, the government launched an eight week consultation on the draft guidance, which is expected to be finalised in January 2011 following the consultation report. While welcoming the initiative, Tony Lewis and Alexandra Underwood of Field Fisher Waterhouse warn that huge areas of uncertainty remain.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/Novemeber 10 - 01 October 2010
Inadequate procedures?
Last month the government published its draft guidance on the measures that are likely to constitute “adequate procedures” for the purposes of establishing a defence to the corporate offence under the Bribery Act 2010. At the same time, the government launched an eight week consultation on the draft guidance, which is expected to be finalised in January 2011 following the consultation report. While welcoming the initiative, Tony Lewis and Alexandra Underwood of Field Fisher Waterhouse warn that huge areas of uncertainty remain.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/November 10 - 01 October 2010
Inadequate procedures?
Last month the government published its draft guidance on the measures that are likely to constitute “adequate procedures” for the purposes of establishing a defence to the corporate offence under the Bribery Act 2010. At the same time, the government launched an eight week consultation on the draft guidance, which is expected to be finalised in January 2011 following the consultation report. While welcoming the initiative, Tony Lewis and Alexandra Underwood of Field Fisher Waterhouse warn that huge areas of uncertainty remain.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2006 - 01 October 2006
Who by what
Jim Gee (+44 (0)20 7429 4100, jim.gee@mhllp.co.uk) is Director of Counter Fraud Services, MacIntyre Hudson LLP and Chair of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies, University of Portsmouth.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/November 10 - 01 October 2010
Who by what
Jim Gee (+44 (0)20 7429 4100, jim.gee@mhllp.co.uk) is Director of Counter Fraud Services, MacIntyre Hudson LLP and Chair of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies, University of Portsmouth.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2006 - 01 October 2006
Who by what
Jim Gee (+44 (0)20 7429 4100, jim.gee@mhllp.co.uk) is Director of Counter Fraud Services, MacIntyre Hudson LLP and Chair of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies, University of Portsmouth.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/Novemeber 10 - 01 October 2010
Illegally obtained evidence: silver bullet or ticking time bomb?
As the recent publicity and furore surrounding the News of the World telephone hacking affair demonstrates, this topic of evidence illegally obtained stimulates huge interest and controversy. In an era of unprecedented access to electronically stored data, acquiring a single key piece of information can generate fabulous wealth, alternately it can lead to a prison term. Simon Perkins and Simon Chandler of CMS Cameron McKenna elucidate the latest thinking of the Court of Appeal.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/Novemeber 10 - 01 October 2010
Illegally obtained evidence: silver bullet or ticking time bomb?
As the recent publicity and furore surrounding the News of the World telephone hacking affair demonstrates, this topic of evidence illegally obtained stimulates huge interest and controversy. In an era of unprecedented access to electronically stored data, acquiring a single key piece of information can generate fabulous wealth, alternately it can lead to a prison term. Simon Perkins and Simon Chandler of CMS Cameron McKenna elucidate the latest thinking of the Court of Appeal.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/November 10 - 01 October 2010
Illegally obtained evidence: silver bullet or ticking time bomb?
As the recent publicity and furore surrounding the News of the World telephone hacking affair demonstrates, this topic of evidence illegally obtained stimulates huge interest and controversy. In an era of unprecedented access to electronically stored data, acquiring a single key piece of information can generate fabulous wealth, alternately it can lead to a prison term. Simon Perkins and Simon Chandler of CMS Cameron McKenna elucidate the latest thinking of the Court of Appeal.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2006 - 01 October 2006
In a manner of speaking
Isabel Picornel, CFE may be contacted on +44 1481 824688, www.qed.info. For more information about the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, visit www.acfe.com
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2006 - 01 October 2006
In a manner of speaking
Isabel Picornel, CFE may be contacted on +44 1481 824688, www.qed.info. For more information about the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, visit www.acfe.com
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/Novemeber 10 - 01 October 2010
In a manner of speaking
Isabel Picornel, CFE may be contacted on +44 1481 824688, www.qed.info. For more information about the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, visit www.acfe.com
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/November 10 - 01 October 2010
A Black day for ‘honest services’
The high profile criminal cases against ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and Canada-born former newspaper owner Lord Conrad Black have led the United States Supreme Court to reduce the scope of America’s ‘honest services’ statute, used to convict many fraudsters, reports Keith Nuthall. In both cases the court ruled that the law should only apply where bribes and kickbacks have been paid and received. Appeals regarding both men’s cases are now awaited (given bribes and kickbacks did not figure in their prosecutions). Meanwhile, anti-fraud specialists have been debating whether clipping the wings of the honest services law will weaken US anti-fraud law enforcement.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2006 - 01 October 2006
A Black day for ‘honest services’
The high profile criminal cases against ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and Canada-born former newspaper owner Lord Conrad Black have led the United States Supreme Court to reduce the scope of America’s ‘honest services’ statute, used to convict many fraudsters, reports Keith Nuthall. In both cases the court ruled that the law should only apply where bribes and kickbacks have been paid and received. Appeals regarding both men’s cases are now awaited (given bribes and kickbacks did not figure in their prosecutions). Meanwhile, anti-fraud specialists have been debating whether clipping the wings of the honest services law will weaken US anti-fraud law enforcement.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/Novemeber 10 - 01 October 2010
A Black day for ‘honest services’
The high profile criminal cases against ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and Canada-born former newspaper owner Lord Conrad Black have led the United States Supreme Court to reduce the scope of America’s ‘honest services’ statute, used to convict many fraudsters, reports Keith Nuthall. In both cases the court ruled that the law should only apply where bribes and kickbacks have been paid and received. Appeals regarding both men’s cases are now awaited (given bribes and kickbacks did not figure in their prosecutions). Meanwhile, anti-fraud specialists have been debating whether clipping the wings of the honest services law will weaken US anti-fraud law enforcement.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/November 10 - 01 October 2010
A spoke in the wheel
“Investigations are great but I’m here to talk about prevention,” Alan Day, Senior Audit and Investigations Manager, Fraud and Security, Transport for London (TfL) told the Fraud World 2010 audience. The first question to ask, said..
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/November 10 - 01 October 2010
A spoke in the wheel
“Investigations are great but I’m here to talk about prevention,” Alan Day, Senior Audit and Investigations Manager, Fraud and Security, Transport for London (TfL) told the Fraud World 2010 audience. The first question to ask, said..
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2006 - 01 October 2006
A spoke in the wheel
“Investigations are great but I’m here to talk about prevention,” Alan Day, Senior Audit and Investigations Manager, Fraud and Security, Transport for London (TfL) told the Fraud World 2010 audience. The first question to ask, said..
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/Novemeber 10 - 01 October 2010
Money talks
Don’t shoot the messenger is more often ignored than heeded on discovery of fraud in the UK. The position could not be more different in the US, writes Andrew Durant of FTI Consulting, at least in cases of government contract fraud, and now some securities law breaches, when whistleblowers stand to gain sizeable awards.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/Novemeber 10 - 01 October 2010
Money talks
Don’t shoot the messenger is more often ignored than heeded on discovery of fraud in the UK. The position could not be more different in the US, writes Andrew Durant of FTI Consulting, at least in cases of government contract fraud, and now some securities law breaches, when whistleblowers stand to gain sizeable awards.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/November 10 - 01 October 2010
Money talks
Don’t shoot the messenger is more often ignored than heeded on discovery of fraud in the UK. The position could not be more different in the US, writes Andrew Durant of FTI Consulting, at least in cases of government contract fraud, and now some securities law breaches, when whistleblowers stand to gain sizeable awards.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2006 - 01 October 2006
OLAF: reform draws nigh
European Union anti-fraud agency OLAF currently sits ‘awkwardly’ in the European Commission when it is tasked with investigating misconduct in EU institutions including… the Commission, but independence is now a real possibility. Keith Nuthall reports.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2006 - 01 October 2006
OLAF: reform draws nigh
European Union anti-fraud agency OLAF currently sits ‘awkwardly’ in the European Commission when it is tasked with investigating misconduct in EU institutions including… the Commission, but independence is now a real possibility. Keith Nuthall reports.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/Novemeber 10 - 01 October 2010
OLAF: reform draws nigh
European Union anti-fraud agency OLAF currently sits ‘awkwardly’ in the European Commission when it is tasked with investigating misconduct in EU institutions including… the Commission, but independence is now a real possibility. Keith Nuthall reports.
Online Published Date:
15 October 2010
Appeared in issue:
October/November 10 - 01 October 2010