SFO strikes out again in Serco execs case
By 
Neil Hodge2021-04-26T17:32:00
Two former executives at security company Serco were acquitted of defrauding the U.K.’s Ministry of Justice after the Serious Fraud Office failed to disclose documents to the defense.
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