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Dropped De La Rue probe cost UK’s SFO more than 4,000 hours

By Annie Robertson ( July 9, 2020, 13:25 GMT | Insight) -- A dropped corruption probe into banknote maker De La Rue saw the UK's Serious Fraud Office spend more than 4,000 hours on its investigation, MLex has learned. The SFO spent almost 450,000 pounds on the 11-month investigation into the UK manufacturing company, most of which went on permanent staffing costs, a Freedom of Information request revealed.A dropped corruption probe into banknote maker De La Rue saw the UK's Serious Fraud Office spend 4,110 hours on its investigation, MLex has learned....

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