Tag Archives: Forex

Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends, Fraud, Deception and False Claims October 9, 2014

SFO Bashing, Chapter 49.

No one could accuse the Serious Fraud Office of living a charmed life. It is regularly accused of stupidity and inefficiency by a hostile press, and not infrequently the government weighs in with destabilising tactics, either by slashing its paltry budget, or by planning to redesign the counter fraud landscape. A report this week in… Continue Reading

Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends, Fraud, Deception and False Claims August 29, 2014

The Director of the SFO criticises corporations which commission internal investigations before self-reporting

The engagement of external lawyers by corporations is still the safest and best option as those external law firms not only have their own firm's professional brand reputation to protect in giving full honest and fair reports, but the lawyers who form those organisations all owe personal duties to the court not to mislead it. Their report would have been prepared in the knowledge that, if disclosed to the SFO as part of a self-reporting procedure, it could end up being scrutinised by the court.… Continue Reading

Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends, Financial Institution Regulation, Fraud, Deception and False Claims July 21, 2014

Forex Investigation – the new blockbuster investigation by the SFO

In addition to, potentially, multiple prosecutions of banks and individual traders, the SFO's investigation may also eventually lead to a surge in civil litigation in relation to those parties who feel that they have lost out as a result of market manipulation… Continue Reading

Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends March 25, 2014

Excoriating the SFO

It is, of course, possible, likely even, that none of these cases will reach trial before David Green's tenure as Director is up, but I believe that he has adopted the right course, and that with a fair wind (and perhaps a little support from the government and the press) he will succeed.… Continue Reading

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Tag Archives: Forex

SFO Bashing, Chapter 49.

The Director of the SFO criticises corporations which commission internal investigations before self-reporting

Forex Investigation – the new blockbuster investigation by the SFO

Excoriating the SFO