Securities packaged by Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs are among half a dozen deals being examined by the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Times reports... more
The Tchenguiz brothers are in defiant mood, saying Vincent's party this evening at the Mipim property jamboree in Cannes would go ahead, just 24 hours after their shock arrest by the Serious Fraud Office... more
Nobody wants to be friends with an ex-dictator. Unconcerned, while he was in power, with the possibility that all his financial dealings may not have been on the up-and-up, the Serious Fraud Office is now said to be launching a hunt for Hosni Mubarak's ill-gotten millions... more
Pharmaceuticals firm Goldshield might have understated how much profit it made for several years before management bought the company for £179 million in December... more
ITV chairman Archie Norman says his new chief exec Adam Crozier (who has no broadcast experience) was a far better appointment than "some hot shot" fromm BBC or Channel 4... more
Welcome to the bottom of the commercial property market. It must be, for today the world's biggest property agent says so. "The time to buy UK property is now," reckons CB Richard Ellis... more
A former Director of Public Prosecutions lambasted Labour's record on tackling financial crime as he declared that fraudulent bankers are more of a danger to society than terrorists... more
Six men suspected of involvement in one of the biggest frauds in British stock market history were arrested in a joint operation by UK and Spanish police... more
Fraud: The Serious Fraud Office is already investigating what could be the first big UK frauds to come to light in the current financial crisis... more
The Serious Fraud Office is considering an investigation into a string of phone-vote scandals at ITV, including the rigging of an award for Ant and Dec. The possibility emerged on the day Ofcom warned of "systemic and widespread" problems affecting all broadcasters... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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