Private Sector

Tesco's former UK managing director, Chris Bush, and John Scouler, its former UK food commercial director, were acquitted of fraud and false accounting after a judge at Southwark Crown Court dismissed their case due to insufficient evidence.

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/769406/White+Collar+Crime+Fraud/Leading+Business+Crime+Solicitor+Calls+On+Sfo+To+Consider+The+Wisdom+Of+Its+Approach+After+Its+Case+Against+Two+Tesco+Directors+Is+Dismissed

The UK government has unveiled new measures to tackle money laundering which has been linked to a business scheme.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-46499311

Two former Tesco directors have been acquitted of charges of fraud and false accounting after the judge dismissed their case due to lack of evidence.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46459884

A specialist horse researcher has been jailed for 4-and-a-half years after she defrauded a series of organisations to clear her debts.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/horse-researcher-jailed-for-multiple-fraud-offences

Autonomy’s former chief executive has been charged with fraud in the US in relation to the 2011 sale to Hewlett-Packard.

https://londonlovesbusiness.com/top-tech-boss-charged-with-fraud/

A businessman accused of fraud over a government green energy scheme says he will give away his entire £10m fortune if anyone proves he did anything wrong.

https://stv.tv/news/west-central/1433124-businessman-accused-of-solar-panel-scam-denies-wrongdoing/

Reflections and future predictions on the cake business fraud scandal

https://www.accountancyage.com/2018/11/29/patisserie-valerie-reflections-and-future-predictions-on-the-cake-business-fraud-scandal/

Financial Reporting Council will investigate audit work conducted by Grant Thornton into café chains accounts

https://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/business-news/watchdog-probe-patisserie-holdings-accounts-15443535

In front of the House of Lords committee on the Bribery Act 2010, Leveson strongly promoted the importance of “failure to prevent” style offences in shifting the onus onto the corporate to prove they had adequate procedures in place.

https://blog.macfarlanes.com/post/102f61d/corporates-in-the-dock-is-failure-to-prevent-economic-crime-now-inevitable

The former boss of the Stobart Group has denied improperly taking £5m of "so-called expenses" amid court claims he had his "own interests at heart".

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-46180163