Category Archives: Eitemau newyddion
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Six convicted in solar panel installation fraud
29th Awst 2018 | Eitemau newyddionToday a jury at Liverpool Crown Court found six men guilty of running a £17m fraudulent scheme to install solar panels which defrauded 1,500 victims including elderly, retired and vulnerable people.
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Lisa Osofsky begins tenure as SFO Director
28th Awst 2018 | Eitemau newyddionLisa Osofsky’s five year term as Director of the Serious Fraud Office begins today, 28 August 2018. Her appointment was announced by the then Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC MP, on 4 June. Her start date was subsequently brought forward from 3 September. Mark Thompson, who served as Interim Director from the end of April […]
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Güralp Systems founder and former Managing Director charged with corruption over South Korea contracts
17th Awst 2018 | Eitemau newyddionDr Cansun, Guralp founder and Andrew Bell, Managing Director, both formerly employed by Güralp Systems Limited, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 20th August 2018.
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Senior bankers sentenced to more than 13 years for rigging EURIBOR rate
19th Gor 2018 | Eitemau newyddionToday Christian Bittar and Phillipe Moryoussef were sentenced to a total of 13 years, 4 months’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court for manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) at the height of the financial crisis.
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‘Wolf of Wimbledon’ fraudster receives additional jail term
27th Meh 2018 | Eitemau newyddionConvicted boiler room fraudster, Jeffrey Revell-Reade, 53, has had his default prison sentence of 4 years activated by Westminster Magistrates’ Court for failure to pay a £7,535,802 confiscation order.
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Unaoil Group companies summonsed as part of SFO’s ongoing corruption investigation
26th Meh 2018 | Eitemau newyddionThe Serious Fraud Office has commenced criminal proceedings against Unaoil Monaco SAM and Unaoil Ltd as part of an ongoing corruption prosecution.
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New joint principles published to compensate victims of economic crime overseas
21st Meh 2018 | Eitemau newyddionThe agreement between the Crown Prosecution Service, National Crime Agency and the Serious Fraud Office establishes a common framework to jointly and transparently consider the issue of compensation in bribery, corruption and economic crime cases.
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Lisa Osofsky named next Director of the SFO
4th Meh 2018 | Eitemau newyddionThe Attorney General’s Office has today announced that Lisa Osofsky will be the next Director of the Serious Fraud Office.
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New charges in SFO’s Unaoil investigation in relation to US$733 million contract
22nd Mai 2018 | Eitemau newyddionBasil Al Jarah and Ziad Akle have both been charged with conspiracy to give corrupt payments to secure the award of a contract worth US$733 million to Leighton Contractors Singapore PTE Ltd for a project to build two oil pipelines in southern Iraq.
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Serious Fraud Office turns 30: marking our 30th anniversary
24th Ebr 2018 | Eitemau newyddionThis month the Serious Fraud Office turned 30, to mark this milestone, we’ve taken a look back at some of the historical moments and notable cases from our three decades at the forefront of the UK’s fight against serious and complex, fraud, bribery and corruption.
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Ultra Electronic Holdings PLC
19th Ebr 2018 | Eitemau newyddionThe SFO confirms it has opened a criminal investigation in to suspected corruption in the conduct of business in Algeria by Ultra Electronic Holdings plc (“Ultra”), its subsidiaries, employees and associated persons.
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AI powered ‘Robo-Lawyer’ helps step up the SFO’s fight against economic crime
10th Ebr 2018 | Eitemau newyddionToday, the Serious Fraud Office announced a significant upgrade to its document analysis capability as artificial intelligence is made available to all of its new casework from this month.