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
Macmillan, one of Britain's oldest publishing houses, paid more than £11 million in a deal with the Serious Fraud Office after it admitted trying to use bribery to win a major educational book contract in Southern Sudan... more
One of the toughest anti-corruption laws in the world comes into force in the UK. From now on, you can't use "improper inducements", including cash or corporate hospitality, to persuade others to do something... more
Years ago, I investigated a blatant £150 million aluminium fraud. There was no question that some of the best-known firms on the London Metal Exchange had been ripped off. They said so, the lawyers agreed. Sitting in a café in Zug, Switzerland, the chief perpetrator of the scam, tried to deny it, but couldn't... more
An MP calls on the Serious Fraud Office to probe FTSE mining giant Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation under the new Bribery Act over its controversial purchase of a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year... more
There is no stopping Richard Alderman. While the world mocks the light settlement with BAE over bribery allegations, the Serious Fraud Office director is unabashed... more
At the Lloyd’s of London annual dinner the other evening, Lord Levene, the insurance market’s chairman, let rip. Well, not quite — he’s far too polite to express himself in public as he does in private.
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Paul Idzik, the chief executive of DTZ, said this week that searching for green shoots was "like looking for Elvis". The former chief operating officer of Barclays who joined the struggling property agent last November is understandably gloomy... more
Assets worth $100 million (£60.2 million) have been frozen in London as part of the $7 billion fraud case against Allen Stanford, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) revealed... more
The City watchdog faces a huge compensation claim from investors who say it failed to act quickly against a suspected rogue trader, it was reported... 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
Legal Analysis: The Serious Fraud Office is thinking of abandoning the biggest prosecution it has ever brought, writing off an estimated £25 million legal costs in the process... more
The unfinished tale of a multi-million-pound commercial property fraud highlights how tough it will be for newly appointed SFO director Richard Alderman to make the agency fast and effective... 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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