By Jeff Dale2024-04-22T13:00:00
The U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said in a five-year strategic plan it’s “struggled to keep pace with demand” as ballooning casework shows no signs of slowing down.
The “SFO Strategy 2024-29,” published Thursday, outlined how the U.K. prosecutor will thwart financial crime, fraud, and corruption as it faces new challenges from the “increasing pace of change and technological innovation.”
“The SFO needs to be seen as a strong, dynamic, confident, and pragmatic organization,” Nick Ephgrave, SFO director, said in the strategy. “… [T]his means ensuring that SFO cases progress at a faster rate” and that the agency be a “partner of choice domestically and internationally.”
2025-02-10T16:42:00Z By Neil Hodge
The U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office has made its first use of an enforcement tool that was meant to bring oligarchs and kleptocrats to book. But lawyers are unsure whether the move signifies either a change in direction or fortune for the agency.
2025-01-29T12:00:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Fraud prevention is about to get more complicated with penalties rising sharply for U.K. organizations. Starting Sept. 1, larger businesses will be liable to criminal prosecution if any of their employees–or an agent, subsidiary, or other “associated person”–commits fraud that is intended to benefit the company.
2024-08-01T15:35:00Z By Jeff Dale
Staffing shortages that have plagued the U.K. Serious Fraud Office are trending in the right direction since its new director took charge, with the anti-bribery agency forging ahead with initiatives to ensure its future sustainability.
2025-09-10T23:26:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Delays to the U.K.’s Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill and creation of the ARGA regulator have sparked criticism. On Sept. 8, 66 MPs sent a letter to the Prime Minister urging reforms be returned to the Parliamentary agenda.
2025-09-08T05:00:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The FTC officially withdrew its appeal in a federal court case over its ban on employer noncompete clauses that it passed last year. The agency, however, says it wants public input regarding the effects of employer noncompete agreements.
2025-09-05T18:42:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Department of Health and Human Services is stepping up its enforcement against hospitals and other health entities that block the sharing of electronic health records.
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