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Civil Fraud Case Update: Q1 2026
Mary Young
21 February 2017
All change for the PACE codes of practice?
A closer look at the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes C, D, and H) Order 2017.
7 September 2016
Anti-money laundering and social responsibility: keeping the Gambling Commission at bay
The £800,000 settlement that bookmaker Betfred agreed with the Gambling Commission (14 June 2016) is the latest in a steady stream of cases involving inadequate anti-money laundering (AML) controls within the UK’s gambling sector. Betfred accepted that thousands of pounds of cash which had been stolen by Matthew Stevens, one of their “VIP” customers, had not been detected by their systems and neither had his gambling habit which, he later said in his own mitigation, had caused him to steal money from his employer.
27 July 2016
SFO Annual Report – stats, facts and figures
The SFO Annual Report and Accounts for 2015-2016 were laid before parliament on 20 July 2016.
This coincided with commentary and speculation in the legal press that SFO might be in danger of being merged with the National Crime Agency – a stated ambition of Theresa May for a number of years.
21 July 2016
Home Affairs Committee report: can the Proceeds of Crime be made to pay
On 15 July the Home Affairs Committee published the report of its enquiry into the seizure of criminal proceeds. It highlights a number of on-going failings of the regime and calls for sweeping reforms, for example the establishment of specialist confiscation courts, the power to impose travel restrictions on those who fail to pay and the continued detention of prisoners until their orders are satisfied in full.
26 May 2016
How the Yates memo has brought the ‘long arm of the law’ stiflingly close
As the recent Anti-Corruption Summit in London drew to a close the outcome was clear – the focus is firmly on holding companies to account and UK corporates are well and truly in the firing line.