Lawyers, companies start to wake up to UK anticorruption settlement model
By Martin Coyle ( December 1, 2015, 17:25 GMT | Insight) -- The UK’s fraud office in the last month has noticed a trickle of inquiries from lawyers exploring the possibility of their clients entering into deferred prosecution agreements, a senior official said. The model for settling potential bribery cases has only recently emerged as a viable option in Britain, culminating with the Serious Fraud Office’s first ever such plea deal, struck yesterday with Standard Bank.The UK’s fraud office in the last month has noticed a trickle of inquiries from lawyers exploring the possibility of their clients entering into deferred prosecution agreements, a senior official said....
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