Newyddion

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams jailed

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams have been sentenced to seven years’ and five years’ imprisonment respectively for conspiring to defraud banks.

Banks defrauded in £100 million bridging loan facility

Waheed Luqman, director of Lexi Holdings PLC, has been sentenced to 7 years’ for fraud and 4 ½ years each for two counts of false accounting.

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams guilty of defrauding banks in property financing deals

Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams have been found guilty of defrauding Allied Irish Banks through deception and forgery to obtain finance.

Four charged in Nigerian corruption investigation

Paul Jacobs, Bharat Sodha, Nidhi Vyas & Trevor Bruce were charged with conspiracy to corrupt in relation to the tax affairs of a Swift Group company.

Weavering Hedge Fund: criminal charges

Ulf Magnus Peterson, the founding director of Weavering Capital (UK) Limited, was charged with six offences in relation to an investment fraud.

LIBOR: three arrested

Today the Serious Fraud Office executed search warrants in connection with the investigation into the manipulation of LIBOR.

Stockbroker jailed for “Ponzi” fraud

Former stockbroker, Nicholas Levene, was sentenced to 13 years after pleading guilty to fraud, false accounting and obtaining a money transfer by deception.

Asil Nadir ordered to pay £5 million

Asil Nadir was ordered to pay £5 million compensation to Polly Peck International Plc in respect of losses suffered by the company.

Serious Fraud Office 2011-12 accounts

The National Audit Office has today published the report on the 2011-12 accounts of the SFO, in respect to the redundancy terms of Phillippa Williamson.

Kaupthing Bank

The Director of the Serious Fraud Office has discontinued the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing hf

Revised policies

The Serious Fraud Office has revised its policies on facilitation payments, business expenditure (hospitality) and corporate self-reporting.

Firearms merchant jailed for “Ponzi” style fraud

Andrew Litt, former director of D J Litt (Firearms) Limited, was sentenced after pleading guilty to fraudulent trading in relation to a “Ponzi” style fraud.