By Martin Coyle ( June 4, 2026, 11:52 GMT | Insight) -- Companies that co-operate with the UK's fraud office would be given every opportunity to negotiate a reduced penalty but those that didn't would face prosecution, the new interim head of the agency has said. Despite new guidance last year, the Serious Fraud Office has secured just 12 so-called deferred prosecution agreements, or DPAs, since the settlement regime came into operation in 2014. Companies that co-operate with the UK's fraud office would be given every opportunity to negotiate a reduced penalty but those that didn't would face prosecution, the new interim head of the agency has said....
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