Law360, London: A London judge set a 2025 trial date on 14 July 2023 for two former mining company executives and their alleged 'fixer' over charges brought by Britain's anti-fraud agency that allege they bribed Sierra Leone government officials in exchange for preferential treatment.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has pledged to pursue the proceeds of serious economic crime for ‘as long as it takes’, including after offenders have been convicted and criminal proceedings have concluded. Speaking at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, SFO head of legal services Matthew Wagstaff told Law360, a LexisNexis® company, that ‘a conviction is never the finish line’. The SFO’s proceeds-of-crime team may continue tracing hidden assets and enforcing confiscation orders for many years to recover money for victims and ensure that the UK is not regarded as a jurisdiction in which criminals can conceal their gains.

Law360: A former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigator accused of leaking information about a corruption investigation into mining company Eurasian Natural Resources Corp (ENRC) was subject to disciplinary proceedings for making disclosures about another matter to the media, the SFO confirmed 26 July 2024.

The latest round-up of prosecution news from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) includes news of its strategy for 2024–2029 and the sentencing of Jeffrey Cook.

The latest round-up of prosecution news from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) includes news that five former Glencore employees have been charged with conspiring to make corrupt payments, of the seizure of £86,000 from a convicted former commercial property developer and that its chief operating officer is set to leave after less than two years in the role.

The latest round-up of prosecution news from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) includes news of an additional prison sentence for a fraudster who obstructed the confiscation of assets, a call from SFO Director Nick Ephgrave for the UK to pay whistleblowers in economic crime cases and the launch of a new investigation into a suspected organised crime network operating a complex timeshare services scheme.

The latest round-up of news from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) includes news of the sentencing of David Hardie, of the raid of three properties which led to four arrests as part of its investigation into Signature Group and of the first public speech given by its director, Nick Ephgrave, at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

The latest round-up of prosecution news from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) includes news of two former company directors of Buy2Let Cars Ltd, charged with fraud, of the recovery of £220,000 from the 'Wolf of Wimbledon' following his conviction for orchestrating one of the largest boiler-room frauds in the UK and of the progress new director, Nick Ephgrave, has made in his first few months.

The latest round-up of prosecution news from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) includes news of the SFO’s Annual Report and Accounts, of the publication of the details of Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Limited’s (AFWEL’s) compliance with a deferred prosecution agreement and of the appointment of Graham McNulty, a former deputy assistant commissioner for the Met, as the SFO’s Chief Capability Officer.

The latest round-up of prosecution news from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) includes news of the sentencing of a former financial adviser to eight years in prison following an SFO prosecution after he was convicted of siphoning £5.8m in a legal financing fraud.

The latest round-up of prosecution news from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) includes news of the conviction of former Minister of Defence official, Jeffrey Cook, of three arrests as part of its investigation into an alleged £76m fraud involving luxury care homes and of the increased focused on domestic fraud cases since Nick Ephgrave became director.

The latest round-up of prosecution news from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) includes news of its strategy for 2024–2029, of the HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorates (HMCPSI) Serious Fraud Office Disclosure report and the conviction of former investment manager, David Kennedy, for his part in a £100m investment fraud.