Serco fined £19.2M over electronic tagging scandal
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-07-03T18:50:00
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office has approved in principle a deferred prosecution agreement with Serco Geografix for fraud and false accounting that would result in a fine of £19.2 million (U.S. $24.2 million).
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