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Individuals linked to Ultra Electronics bribery probe won't face prosecution May 06, 2026 | Martin Coyle

No individuals face prosecution in relation to Ultra Electronic Holdings, the UK defense company that struck a £15 million plea deal last week to settle bribery allegations, it has emerged in court documents. ... (more story)

FSB says private credit risk found in firms’ links with banks, other institutions May 06, 2026 | Neil Roland

Interconnections between private credit funds and banks, insurers, asset managers, and private equity firms are deepening — especially in the US, the EU and the UK — presenting greater risks to the financial s... (more story)

ING Belgium fined €1.6m over payments linked to former European Commissioner May 05, 2026 | Martin Coyle

ING Belgium has been told to pay €1.6 million to settle a Belgian money laundering investigation involving transactions connected to the former European Commissioner Didier Reynders.

UK fund manager Odey saw himself as victim in ‘false reality,’ FCA tells court May 05, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Ex-hedge fund manager Crispin Odey repeatedly attempted to create a "false reality" in which he was a victim despite “reckless in extreme” and “ethically wrong” behavior, the UK’s financial regulator told a Lo... (more story)

UK defense company Ultra Electronics pays £15m to settle bribery allegations May 01, 2026 | Martin Coyle

UK defense company Ultra Electronic Holdings, now part of Cobham, will pay £15 million to settle allegations that it failed to prevent bribery around the world as part of an agreement struck with UK fraud pros... (more story)

Former Barbadian insurance chief to plead guilty in US bribery case April 30, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

The former chief executive of a Barbadian insurance firm will plead guilty to her role in a bribery scheme involving a Barbadian government official who took payments to steer contracts, US court records show.

Smartmatic must continue giving Fox records from US bribery case, NY judge rules April 28, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Smartmatic must continue providing internal records to Fox News regarding a US criminal corruption investigation as the cable network fights the voting machine company’s $2.7 billion defamation suit, a New Yor... (more story)

Swiss case against 'Robber Baron' Karimova dropped April 28, 2026 | Martin Coyle and Samuel Rubenfeld

A criminal case against Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, was dismissed by judges in a Swiss court on Tuesday.

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Looming plea-deal vote casts cloud over French corporate crime enforcement April 21, 2026 | Martin Coyle

After a decade that has seen France become one of the world’s most dependable enforcers of corporate wrongdoing, lawmakers are threatening to rip up the country’s plea-deal system. If they vote through the cha... (more story)

Latvia eyeing proportionate money laundering regime, watchdog head says April 15, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Eight years after Latvia's major money laundering scandal, the challenge is ensuring tough banking reforms are adhered to without stifling activity in the sector, the head of the country's central authority fo... (more story)

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)