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Strukton agrees to pay €10m to settle Dutch probe into Saudi bribe allegations March 30, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Dutch construction company Strukton has agreed to pay €10 million to settle allegations that it paid $31 million in bribes to a member of the Saudi ruling family over a metro project. The Dutch prosecutor said... (more story)

UK fraud agency defends cases after evidence doubts linked to software March 27, 2026 | Martin Coyle

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office said that it hasn’t found any new evidence to cast doubt on previous convictions as part of its ongoing review of disclosure issues resulting from its software. This follows repor... (more story)

South Korea's class action debate returns, with data breaches front and center March 27, 2026 | Jenny Lee

South Korea is moving to introduce a sweeping general class action regime, putting the Ministry of Justice at the center of an overhaul that could recalibrate both corporate risk and how consumers are compensa... (more story)

Damen says Dutch bribery and sanctions allegations have taken toll March 26, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Damen Shipyards Group said allegations of fraud and sanctions violations brought by Dutch prosecutors have had a “significant impact” on the company. Units of the conglomerate faces bribery and sanctions claim... (more story)

Dentons should face re-run of UK money laundering 'breach' case, court told March 26, 2026 | Martin Coyle

International law firm Dentons should face a re-run of a UK court case over claims that it breached money-laundering rules in its handling of a wealthy client, a London appeal court was told Thursday.

Odey wanted friend as independent fund chair to dodge misconduct probe, FCA says March 26, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey tried to appoint a longtime friend as “independent” chairman of the fund to dodge an internal probe into allegations of sexual misconduct, the UK’s financial regulator has told ... (more story)

UK sanctions Chinese online marketplace linked to Cambodian mass fraud network March 26, 2026 | Martin Coyle

A Chinese-language online marketplace called Xinbi used to sell stolen personal data to fraudsters has been sanctioned by the UK government as part of an ongoing crackdown on a Cambodian network that ran large... (more story)

Banking, crypto groups duel over best tokenization rule-making process March 25, 2026 | Neil Roland

Banking and cryptocurrency groups with stakes in tokenization clashed before a US congressional committee on the best rule-making process for addressing potential regulatory gaps and ambiguities. Executives wi... (more story)

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Trial of alleged BTC-e operator faces threat of additional delays in California March 20, 2026 | Mike Swift

Despite a new US executive order directing the Department of Justice to move “swiftly, deliberately, and proactively” to disable cyberthreats and prosecute cybercriminals, the chronically delayed trial of alle... (more story)

Deception, ‘dummy servers’ enabled Supermicro AI diversion scheme, US alleges March 20, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

An alleged scheme to divert billions of dollars’ worth of high-performance Supermicro servers integrated with Nvidia artificial intelligence technology to China involved repeated deceptions of corporate compli... (more story)

US Senate Democrats want more time to target Trump-era corporate corruption March 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A group of Senate Democrats is proposing to extend the statute of limitations for a key anti-bribery law to give future administrations additional time to prosecute Trump-era corporate corruption. Though unlik... (more story)

California businessman to face foreign bribery charge at US investment fraud trial March 11, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A jury in Los Angeles could decide this summer whether a chartered helicopter ride to a Lakers basketball game for a Senegalese government official, paid for with allegedly stolen investor funds as part of a b... (more story)

Lifting of UK sanctions on British accountant could signal the way ahead March 10, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Lawyers representing John Ormerod — a British accountant who became the first UK-based national to be designated by the government over alleged Russian sanctions breaches — said it was too early to say whether... (more story)

Trump cybersecurity order faces test in San Francisco BTC-e trial March 09, 2026 | Mike Swift

A new executive order from the White House says the US will take a hard line with “transnational criminal organizations” that launch ransomware and other cyberattacks. The order from President Donald Trump ins... (more story)

US SDNY cooperation program raises age-old question on self-disclosure February 27, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A new corporate cooperation program launched by the US attorney for the Southern District of New York has white-collar defense lawyers pondering the age-old question of whether to take up the government offer.... (more story)

UK fraud agency stresses stability with another ex-policeman as interim director February 27, 2026 | Martin Coyle

The new interim head of the UK's Serious Fraud Office, Graham McNulty, is already in a senior role at the white-collar crime agency and was also a police officer, like outgoing chief, Nick Ephgrave. That promi... (more story)