The long arm of the US: how FIFA became its target
On Wednesday 17 May 2015, the US attorney general, Loretta Lynch, announced 47 counts of charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering against nine FIFA officials and five sports…
On Wednesday 17 May 2015, the US attorney general, Loretta Lynch, announced 47 counts of charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering against nine FIFA officials and five sports…
Barclays has been fined $2.38bn after pleading guilty to conspiring to manipulate the forex trading market. This is part of a record $5.7bn in fines handed out by US and UK regulators to Barclays,…
On 23 January 2015 the former head of the collapsed hedge fund Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Ltd was sentenced to a total of 13 years in prison, having been found guilty of eight counts of fraud,…
On 19 January 2015, following a three month trial, Ulf Magnus Michael Peterson was found guilty by a jury of eight counts of fraud, forgery, false accounting and fraudulent trading. Mr Peterson was…
Corporate Crime analysis: Pam Shearing, managing partner at Fulcrum, consider the implications of the updated corporate co-operation guidance from the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
The new SFO…
More than one in four UK employees (approximately 9.1 million people) are currently furloughed under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“Scheme”), at a cost of almost £20.8bn….
Fraud, corruption, and money laundering in the sport industry has given rise to a need to ensure greater awareness of these risks at all levels, including athletes, coaches, federations, sponsors,…
Introduction
On 30 July 2020, the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) announced charges against Riyadh-based subsidiary of Airbus SE (“Airbus”), GPT Special Project Management Limited…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a number of challenges throughout the world, including a new type of criminal activity in the UK, Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Fraud known more…
More than one in four UK employees (approximately 9.1 million people) are currently furloughed under the Gover...
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The Code for Crown Prosecutors (“Code”) sets out the general principles crown prosecutors should follow when d...
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Introduction On 10 January 2020 the EU’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive (EU) 2018/843 (“5MLD”) implemente...
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