UK fraud agency wants more corporate plea deals, launches confidential hotline
By Martin Coyle ( October 13, 2026, 09:53 GMT | Insight) -- The UK's fraud agency said that it wants more companies to report wrongdoing themselves and take advantage of its rarely-used plea deal system as it opened a new line of communication for corporate legal advisors to discuss cases confidentially. The Serious Fraud Office, or SFO has secured only 13 Deferred Prosecution Agreements, or DPAs, to settle wrongdoing since the regime started in 2014.The UK's fraud agency said that it wants more companies to report wrongdoing themselves and take advantage of its rarely-used plea deal system as it opened a new line of communication for corporate legal advisors to discuss cases confidentially. ...
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