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Civil Fraud Case Update: Q1 2026
Mary Young
20 August 2015
Transparency International shine light on lack of progress in international anti-bribery action
Transparency International (‘TI’) reported today on progress made under the OECD Convention on Combating Foreign Bribery with the key message being that many countries are not doing enough. Almost half of the 41 OECD anti-bribery convention countries have failed to investigate or prosecute any foreign bribery cases during the last four years, in violation of their obligation to combat cross-border bribery. Setting a bleak picture TI concluded that "the fundamental goal of creating a corruption-free level playing field for global trade is still far from being achieved.”
30 July 2015
First DPA now eagerly awaited
Speculation is mounting that Sarclad, a private technology company based in Rotherham, could be the first company to enter into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). This follows confirmation by the SFO in May that it had issued its first letters inviting a number of companies to enter into DPA negotiations. The Sarclad case is also thought to be one of the first involving allegations of bribery under the Bribery Act 2010, which came into force in 2011.
23 July 2015
Scorecard for the Serious Fraud Office
As summer holidays are upon us it is not just school children receiving their school report – both the Serious Fraud Office and the Financial Conduct Authority have issued their own annual reports presented to Parliament. Both reports combine a strategic overview with detailed budget statements and a headline view of key successes for 2014-15.
23 July 2015
Annual Report for Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) - international cooperation, market abuse, convictions, senior managers regime, whistleblowing and a historic year for fines
As the Parliamentary recess loomed, government departments and agencies rushed to publish their annual reports and accounts. Alongside the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its own end of term report.
24 June 2015
Fraudsters on the inside
There has long been a call to make the reporting of fraud a compulsory requirement, akin to the suspicious activity reports regime in money laundering, so that we have a full picture of the amount of fraud that goes on.