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Arrest in airline ‘fake parts’ scandal that grounded hundreds of planes

The Serious Fraud Office has arrested an individual linked with AOG Technics

The Independent UK

Man arrested after London firm accused of supplying fake engine parts to airlines

Firm sold to overseas companies that install airline parts but some UK airlines were also impacted

Evening Standard

Bosses dismissed my concerns, UK arms firm executive tells corruption trial

Mike Paterson gives evidence in trial of two men accused of funnelling corrupt payments to senior Saudis

The Guardian - UK

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UK ministers approved £60m payments to Saudi royals to maintain arms deal, court told

Payments allegedly facilitated by senior government and military figures to secure arms contracts for British firms

The Guardian - UK

National Party donors cleared as SFO case crumbles

All charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office over political donations to National and Labour in a milestone case have now been quashed - leaving just one defendant guilty of lying to the SFO.

Newsroom.co.nz

Patisserie Valerie fraud trial will not start until 2026, court told

Serious Fraud Office expects to examine 3m documents relating to collapsed bakery chain and charges against four people

The Guardian - UK

Four charged with fraud over collapse of Patisserie Valerie chain

Serious Fraud Office brings charges against former director and three others after collapse of UK cafe chain in 2019

The Guardian - UK

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Patisserie Valerie: Four face fraud charges over bakery collapse

Former chief financial officer of Patisserie Holdings, Christopher Marsh, and three others have been charged

The Independent UK

Serious Fraud Office drops 10-year corruption inquiry into Kazakh miner ENRC

UK agency also shuts other high-profile cases including Rio Tinto investigation

The Guardian - UK

Donations cases back to haunt National, NZ First

As New Zealand First tries to win its way back into Parliament, its controversial fundraising foundation will be back in court at the peak of the general election campaign.

Newsroom.co.nz

Former finance firm CEO spared jail after breaching restraint order on assets

Michael Thomson spent money on luxuries – such as a holiday in Italy and a hot tub – while his assets were restrained under court order.

The Independent UK

Battery passports: how a meeting at Davos helped set a car industry standard

Mining groups hope their joint project, ReSource, will have an influence on the global business

The Guardian - UK

Concerns raised over mining companies’ role in battery passport scheme

ERG and Glencore are among founders of ReSource, a proposed joint venture that is also backed by Tesla

The Guardian - UK

Ministers ignored red flags over Covid fraud, says former head of SFO

Exclusive: Sir David Green suggests ‘prudence was thrown out the window’ as UK lost billions of pounds in pandemic business support

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Property tycoon Nick Candy locked in legal fight with former business partner

Robert Bonnier has counter-sued against Candy’s claims of fraudulent misrepresentation and global freezing orders

The Independent UK

Fraudster ordered to hand over returned donation he made to independent school

Francis Holland School named its theatre after Achilleas Kallakis following his £250,000 gift, which he made prior to his conviction in 2013.

Evening Standard

Prosecution collapses against ex-G4S directors over offender tagging scandal

The prosecution of three former G4Sexecutives over claims of defrauding the Ministry of Justice has collapsed, in a fresh embarrassment for the Serious Fraud Office.

The Independent UK

Fraud case against three ex-G4S executives collapses

At an Old Bailey hearing before Mr Justice Johnson, the Serious Fraud Office announced it was offering no evidence in the case.

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Evening Standard

Top London girls’ school named theatre after fraudster following £250,000 donation, court hears

Francis Holland School removed the plaque and returned £92,500 after Achilleas Kallakis was jailed over sophisticated five-year property and luxury yacht scam in 2013

The Independent UK

Top girls’ school named its theatre after fraudster following £250,000 donation

Achilleas Kallakis, 54, was jailed over a sophisticated five-year property and luxury yacht scam in 2013.

Newsroom.co.nz

Crown spends $1m to prosecute political donations

Only three of nine people charged over political donations deceit in 2022 were convicted, despite at least $1m spent on top lawyers by the Crown

The Guardian - UK

London court forces Glencore to pay record £281m for bribery in Africa

Miner hit with largest ever UK legal penalty for a company over ‘endemic’ corruption at African oil trading desk

The Guardian - UK

Mining giant Glencore flew cash bribes to Africa via private jet, UK court hears

Corruption at FTSE 100 firm described as endemic at sentence hearing

The Guardian - UK

Barclays could be fined £50m for failing to disclose 2008 Qatari deal

Provisional fine relates to £322m bank paid to Gulf state allegedly in exchange for £4bn investment to save lender from bailout

Newsroom.co.nz

How SFO failed in Labour donations case

Serious Fraud investigators knew they needed to do more work to prove fraud over a Labour Party artwork donation but decided not to, leading directly to four defendants being acquitted

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