SFO secures DPAs worth $3.4M with two unnamed companies
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Neil Hodge2021-07-20T17:18:00
The Serious Fraud Office announced deferred prosecution agreements worth £2.5 million (U.S. $3.4 million) with two unidentified U.K.-based companies for bribery offenses.
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