Serious Fraud Office
UK and Spain to probe £120m storage pod pension scams
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office is working with the Spanish authorities to investigate the promoters of self-storage investment schemes, warning that £120m (€139m, $156m) of investors’ money could be at risk.
Tax & Regulation | 19 May 17
Critics slam UK’s plans to scrap fraud agency as ‘dreadful’
British prime minister Theresa May’s pledge to abolish the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been blasted as a “great danger” as critics voice concerns it will harm how white collar crime is tackled in the UK.
Tax & Regulation | 9 Mar 17
UK fraud agency to probe failed Costa Rican forestry fund
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened a criminal investigation into an alleged fraudulent investment scheme marketed by Ethical Forestry Limited and “associated companies” between 2007 and 2015.
Ex-adviser jailed for Cambodian biofuel scam faces SFO action
A former financial adviser currently serving six years in a UK prison for his part in a collapsed biofuel investment scam, is facing further enforcement action by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) after missing the deadline to pay a confiscation order.
Investment | 25 May 16
Three sentenced to 20 years over £80m UK Ponzi scheme
Three men convicted of defrauding investors out of almost £80m ($116.4m, €104m) in a London-based Ponzi scheme to fund their lavish lifestyles have been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison.