ArticleOld And Minor Offences No Longer To Be Disclosed On CRB CertificatesThe Home Office has announced that it intends to stop certain old and minor cautions and convictions from appearing on criminal record certificates. United KingdomCriminal LawBates Wells
ArticlePlaku: A Missed Opportunity? - New Law JournalIn the latest in a series of dispiriting judgments, in R v Plaku and others [2021] EWCA Crim 568, [2021] All ER (D) 56 (Apr)...United KingdomCriminal LawRussell-Cooke LLP
PodcastPodcast: Failure To Prevent FraudOver the past year, the UK has implemented sweeping reforms concerning how corporates can become liable for fraud. United KingdomCriminal LawA&O Shearman
ArticlePrison Sentences Handed Down For Insider DealingThe Financial Conduct Authority has successfully prosecuted two individuals for insider dealing, one for passing on inside information he acquired at work and the other for trading on the basis...United KingdomCriminal LawFieldfisher
ArticleStatement By Lawyer After Former Football Coach Sentenced To Four More Years In Jail For Sexual AbuseA former football coach who is already serving a 30-year prison sentence for child abuse has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexual abuse of two more complainants, ...United KingdomCriminal LawLeigh Day
ArticleSweett Group Ordered To Pay £2.25 Million For Bribery Act ViolationsFollowing a December 2015 guilty plea to offenses under Section 7 of the U.K. Bribery Act, U.K.-listed Sweett Group was ordered on February 19, 2016, to pay £2.25 million. United KingdomCriminal LawAkin
ArticleTerry v BCS Corporate Acceptances: Judgment Obtained By FraudCourt of Appeal rejects attempt to strike out a claim after judgment allegedly obtained by fraudUnited KingdomCriminal LawClyde & Co
ArticleThe Anti-Corruption Summit And The PSC RegisterOn 12 May 2016, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, declared a raft of announcements at the anti-corruption summit in London.United KingdomCriminal LawWedlake Bell LLP
ArticleThe Money That Cost Too Much – Unexplained Wealth Orders (Update)The target of the UK's first unexplained wealth order (UWO) has been made public after reporting restrictions expired last week.United KingdomCriminal LawMorrison Foerster
ArticleTracing Crime On The Dark WebIt's the section of the internet that is unknown to the vast majority of people. The Dark Web is a network of websites and servers that use encryption in an attempt to keep their activities secretUnited KingdomCriminal LawFTI Consulting
ArticleTwo Convicted Of Insider Dealing In The UK SentencedOn January 13, 2017, the FCA announced that Mr. Manjeet Mohal and Mr. Reshim Birk were sentenced having pleaded guilty to charges of insider dealing. Mr. Mohal was sentenced to ten months imprisonment...United KingdomCriminal LawA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Conduct Regulator Fines Retail Bank For Failures During A Cyber AttackOn October 1, 2018, the FCA published a final notice issued to a U.K. Retail Bank for breaches of Principle 2 of the FCA's Principles for Businesses.United KingdomCriminal LawA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Conservative Party Pledges To Abolish Serious Fraud Office If Re-elected On 8 June 2017In my C-Suite Risk Report posting in March, I discussed the UK's Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) investigation into Rolls-Royce (RR) and the UK Court's approval of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA).United KingdomCriminal LawSedgwick LLP
ArticleUK Legislation Authorising Deferred Prosecution Agreements Is ApprovedThe Crime and Courts Act 2013 was recently passed, and it aims to introduce deferred prosecution agreements into UK law for the first time.United KingdomCriminal LawReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleUK Serious Fraud Office Charges Former Banker With Conspiracy To Defraud For Manipulation Of Euro Interbank Offered RateOn October 21, 2018, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office charged a former banker with conspiracy to defraud, as part of its investigation into the manipulation of the Euro Interbank Offered Rate.United KingdomCriminal LawA&O Shearman
ArticleU.K. To Reform Corporate Criminal Liability Related To Economic CrimesHayley Ichilcik recently spoke to Anti-Corruption Report about the UK government's proposed reforms to corporate criminal liability in England and Wales.United KingdomCriminal LawMorrison Foerster
ArticleUnexplained Wealth Orders - UpdateOver the weekend it was reported in the Sunday Times that the National Crime Agency has scaled up investigations into businessmen linked to Vladimir Putin's regime following the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal.United KingdomCriminal LawMishcon de Reya LLP
VideoWebinar: New Rules, New Risks: How To Stay Compliant And ConfidentPlease view this webinar from Capital Law.United KingdomCriminal LawCapital Law Limited
ArticleShell And Eni Face Money Laundering Probe Over Nigerian Oil DealDutch and Italian authorities are investigating the role of Shell and its partner Eni in the deal.United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesSonghai Advisory LLP
ArticlePodcast: Henry Chambers Joins #Finoverse Podcast To Discuss The Crypto Fraud And Asset Recovery Network (CFAAR)Disputes and Investigations Asia Managing Director, Henry Chambers, joins the Waves in the Finoverse Podcast to discuss the newly launched Hong Kong chapter of the Crypto Fraud...United KingdomTechnologyAlvarez & Marsal