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The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Friday said it would be dropping its case against three former G4S executives over claims they defrauded the UK government of tens of millions of pounds.
https://www.cityam.com/calls-to-overhaul-antiquated-trial-rules-grow-as-sfo-forced-to-drop-g4s-case/
New proposals to reimburse scam victims are "half-baked” without further action from the regulator, the Treasury Committee says today.
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/158/treasury-committee/news/186480/treasury-committee-proposals-to-reimburse-scam-victims-halfbaked/
The current legal basis for holding corporates responsible for wrongdoing has long been criticised.
https://www.ftadviser.com/investments/2023/03/06/what-the-impending-failure-to-prevent-fraud-bill-means-for-uk-companies/
A City of London policing head last night called for the Government to reform the disclosure system, which was designed before mass digital data, “to deliver faster and more effective justice for victims.”
https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/uk-needs-disclosure-of-evidence-regime-fit-for-digital-age-says-city-policing-chief/
As the economic crime and corporate transparency bill winds its way through parliament, it would be understandable if the Serious Fraud Office had a greater interest than most in its progress.
https://www.ftadviser.com/companies/2023/02/22/corporate-crime-bill-is-welcome-development-for-sfo/
Tom Stocker details developments in the law surrounding fraud and related offences.
https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/tom-stocker-the-new-front-in-the-fight-against-corporate-crime
OpenTable is urging UK restaurants and diners to be aware of fraudsters pretending to be employees to con customers into providing their credit card details.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/opentable-scam-uk-diners-conned-into-giving-card-details-to-fraudsters/ar-AA17oEkS
A new offence of failing to prevent “fraud, false accounting or money laundering” is to be introduced into UK law, a senior government minister has confirmed.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/failure-to-prevent-fraud-false-accounting-or-money-laundering-to-be-a-uk-criminal-offence
In the House of Commons debate of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill on 25 January 2023[1], Robert Buckland MP proposed an amendment[2] introducing a new criminal corporate offence for failure to prevent fraud, false accounting and money laundering.
https://www.emmlegal.com/publications/the-expansion-of-the-uks-failure-to-prevent-legislation/
Recently proposed amendments will see the biggest change in corporate criminal enforcement since the enactment of the Bribery Act in 2010
https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/uk-make-failure-prevent-fraud-criminal-offence
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