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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened applications for its 2025 Trainee Investigators Programme.
The Serious Fraud Office today charged five men following the collapse of the law firm Axiom Ince and alleged improper use of over £60 million of client money.
The SFO is appealing for information from the public about a complex timeshare services scheme it believes was operated by an organised crime network.
Dr Gerald Martin Smith has been imprisoned for an additional 13 months for obstructing the SFO from seizing his properties on behalf of the taxpayer.
The Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into suspected bribery and corruption at multi-national aviation and defence electronics group Thales.
At the Serious Fraud Office we’re marking International Fraud Awareness Week by celebrating staff who lead our international efforts.
New asset confiscation enforcement team and upgrade to SFO’s disclosure technology outlined in the budget in a bid to crackdown on fraud says Attorney General.
The Serious Fraud Office is working with City of London police to make it easier for victims to report fraud.
The SFO chooses its counsel from an approved panel and is required to refresh the list every four years.
The SFO has recovered a further £295,000 from Virendra Rastogi, now known as Vareen Kumar or Veerain Kumarr, convicted for an international metal trading scam.
The Serious Fraud Office is today announcing the appointment of two new board members.
Today, six former employees of commodities giant Glencore appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with conspiring to make corrupt payments.
The SFO has today executed a search warrant and seized 12 potentially luxury watches at a home in Dorset as part of a proceeds of crime investigation.
The SFO's interim Chief Capability Officer, Freya Grimwood, delivered a keynote speech at the Cambridge International Symposium 2024.
The SFO has today charged Alex Beard, Andrew Gibson, Paul Hopkirk, Ramon Labiaga and Martin Wakefield with conspiring to make corrupt payments.
The SFO has today secured the conviction of former investment manager David Kennedy for his part in a £100 million investment fraud.
The Serious Fraud Office’s five-year strategy, launched on 18th April 2024.
SFO has secured a 30-month prison sentence and a £123,000 confiscation order for Jeffrey Cook, a former Ministry of Defence (MoD) official.
The SFO has today raided two sites and made three arrests across the south of England as part of a new investigation into an alleged £76 million fraud.
Today at Southwark Crown Court, the SFO secured the conviction of former Ministry of Defence (MoD) official Jeffrey Cook for misconduct in public office.
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