- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Kyle Brasseur2024-02-14T21:21:00
In his first public speech as head of the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Nick Ephgrave made clear his law enforcement background will lead to significant changes in how the agency handles its cases.
“Under my leadership, the SFO will be bolder, more pragmatic, more proactive,” said Ephgrave on Tuesday in remarks delivered at the Royal United Services Institute in London. “… We need to be bolder and explore new ways of doing things.”
Ephgrave joined the SFO at the end of September, succeeding Lisa Osofsky. His predecessor’s tenure was marred by controversy, including the failure to secure the prosecutions of several large companies and their directors (e.g., Tesco, G4S) and follow established legal procedure in key cases (e.g., Serco, Unaoil).
2024-08-23T15:47:00Z By Neil Hodge
Discrimination against whistleblowers in the U.K. has risen to such a level that the government may need to actively pursue plans to afford greater legal protection, as well as introduce financial awards to compensate for their “career suicide.”
2024-08-06T16:54:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Nearly all but a tiny minority of financial institutions saw their costs of financial crime compliance rise in 2023, a survey by LexisNexis and Oxford Economics found.
2024-05-31T15:47:00Z By Neil Hodge
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office last month published its five-year strategic plan outlining how it intends to improve information gathering and international cooperation, as well as its enforcement record.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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