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New UK plea deal guidance won’t change much but gives companies more certainty
New guidance to help UK companies self-report white-collar crime to escape prosecution won't lead to any sudden flood of confessions to the Serious Fraud Office, bu... (more story)
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Speed of reporting is decisive in UK SFO guidance on avoiding prosecution
The speed with which a company self-reports criminal wrongdoing to the UK’s Serious Fraud Office has emerged as the decisive factor, in guidance published today on ... (more story)
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Biggest check on Trump's urge to fire Fed's Powell likely to be US markets
As US President Donald Trump tries to expand control of the government by ousting Democrats at independent agencies, he now may be considering termination of the mo... (more story)
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A British businessman wanted in South Africa on fraud, corruption and money laundering charges has fended off his extradition there. High Court judges said today that South African authorities had inadvertentl... (more story)
Social media platforms must do more to take down illegal content online, a UK financial watchdog official said today. Lucy Castledine singled out Meta as particularly slow to respond to requests to remove acco... (more story)
Former associates at UK construction company Mace Group, as well as infrastructure company Blu-3, are facing a Serious Fraud Office investigation into allegations that bribes worth millions of pounds were paid... (more story)
Five former senior Axiom Ince employees each entered not guilty pleas today on fraud charges ahead of their trials in 2027. The five face charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office last year over the collapse... (more story)
As Steward Healthcare plots its exit from bankruptcy, the hospital system disclosed details about a US criminal investigation into potential violations of anti-bribery law in the company’s operations in Malta.... (more story)
The renewable energy unit of Adani Group has denied any wrongdoing following an “independent review” conducted in the wake of US fraud charges against several executives over their alleged roles in a bribery s... (more story)
US Supreme Court justices asked tough questions of both parties today in a case aimed at determining if uninjured parties can be part of a certified class in class-action litigation. And for the most part, the... (more story)
MLex Summary: Australia-based digital-currency exchanges that trade cash for cryptocurrencies, or vice versa, should voluntarily withdraw their registrations or risk having them canceled, the country’s financi... (more story)
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Two lawsuits arguing that a US rule requiring real estate professionals to file reports about certain property deals is unconstitutional appear to follow a legal strategy recently employed against an anti-mone... (more story)
New guidance to help UK companies self-report white-collar crime to escape prosecution won't lead to any sudden flood of confessions to the Serious Fraud Office, but taken alongside upcoming legislative change... (more story)
A former Smartmatic executive’s early cooperation with US authorities gave the government new leads as they investigated a bribery scheme involving the voting machine company’s efforts to secure contracts in t... (more story)
As the US Justice Department steps back from criminal enforcement of regulatory violations by the cryptocurrency industry, judges are starting to weigh whether the change could affect ongoing cases.
A new rule from the Trump administration doesn’t appear to mollify the small businesses and trade associations challenging an anti-money laundering law that the regulation was written to soften. According to c... (more story)
Major UK lender Lloyds Bank has endured broad criticism for its handling of a major episode of fraud at HBOS — despite it occurring before Lloyds bought the struggling rival bank in 2008. But it continues to f... (more story)
Serious Fraud Office head Nick Ephgrave was in a strident mood yesterday as he set out the UK enforcer’s goals for the coming year, pointing to plans to drive up self-reporting and pledging to fill gaps left b... (more story)
An executive order from President Donald Trump pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is set to end a legal saga for two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions who were due to fa... (more story)