Chasing Unaoil cash with civil action was considered but wasn’t feasible, UK fraud agency says
By Martin Coyle ( May 30, 2023, 14:27 GMT | Insight) -- A call for Unaoil’s owners to face civil action in the UK to recover money linked to corruption was taken seriously but wasn’t a “feasible” course of action, the head of the UK’s fraud agency has said. In February, campaign group Spotlight on Corruption wrote to the Serious Fraud Office urging it to launch a civil recovery action against the Ahsani family, but Lisa Osofsky has replied that the agency’s hands had been tied.A call for Unaoil's owners to face civil action in the UK to recover money linked to corruption was taken seriously but wasn’t a “feasible” course of action, the head of the UK’s fraud agency has said....
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