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Entries in Serious Fraud Office (127)

Friday
May032013

Rolls-Royce exec resigns amid bribery probe

Mark King of Rolls Royce (Photo courtesy of Rolls Royce)The head of Rolls-Royce's aerospace division resigned Monday amid reports the company is close to resolving civil charges with the Serious Fraud Office for bribery in China, Indonesia, and other countries.

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Friday
Apr262013

Mining sector investigations spread to U.K.

The U.K. Serious Fraud Office said Thursday it has launched a criminal investigation of London-listed mining company ENRC plc.

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Tuesday
Apr162013

Two Alstom execs charged, one pleads guilty 

The United States unsealed criminal charges Tuesday against one current and one former executive of French power company Alstom's U.S. unit for an Indonesia bribery scheme.

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Monday
Mar182013

Alderman apologizes for unauthorized payouts

The former director of the U.K. Serious Fraud Office wrote a letter of apology last week to the lawmakers who had criticized his handling of severance payments to at least three SFO staffers.

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Monday
Mar112013

SFO exit payments intended to avoid litigation, Alderman tells parliament 

Richard Alderman, former director of the U.K. Serious Fraud OfficeA U.K. parliamentary committee criticized former director Richard Alderman's sloppy handling of exit payments of £15,000 to two former staff but found no intentional wrongdoing.

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Friday
Feb222013

KBR's clean bill of compliance health

Houston-based KBR said in an SEC filing this week that its compliance monitor 'has certified that KBR's current anti-corruption compliance program is appropriately designed and implemented to ensure compliance with the FCPA and other applicable anti-corruption laws.'

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Thursday
Feb212013

Hearing set into 'irregular payments' by SFO

Former chief executive officer of the U.K. Serious Fraud Ofice Phillipa WilliamsonA U.K. oversight panel will hold a hearing to investigate huge severance and pension payments from the Serious Fraud Office to its former CEO.

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Thursday
Feb142013

A Haiku disclosure from Barclays

London-based Barclays Bank had very little to say in its latest SEC filing about an ongoing FCPA investigation by the DOJ and SEC.

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Wednesday
Feb132013

Greece charges DePuy officials

Five employees of orthopedic device maker DePuy are facing criminal charges in Greece for bribing doctors at government-owned hospitals.

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Friday
Jan042013

Bribery case could dethrone F1's Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone at the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix (photo courtesy of Wikipedia)Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone said this week a bribery case brewing in Germany could end his nearly 40-year reign over the world's premier motor sport.

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