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| | Serious Fraud Office Guide to obtaining evidence from the UK |
 | | SFO investigators deal with most of the information requirements but can also seek the involvement of the police if warrants are required to conduct searches of premises. | | | serious or complex fraud, Company inspections or Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 investigations) be compelled to answer questions, and is subject to criminal sanctions if he refuses. | | | The Serious Fraud Office has statutory powers under Section 2 Criminal Justice Act 1987 to issue a notice requiring an interview and, in appropriate circumstances, an English-speaking Prosecutor from your country may be authorised by the Director to participate directly in such an interview. |
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| | ACPO - Fraud Prevention |
| | It invited views both on whether an alternative method of trial should be available in serious and complex fraud cases and on the viability of various options. | | | In 1998 the Home Office issued a consultation paper dealing with the method of trial for cases of serious and complex fraud. | | | The paper sought to respond to particular difficulties which had arisen in cases in England and Wales and put forward options based on its law and procedures. |
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| | Nationwide UK Serious Fraud Office Criminal Defence Solicitors |
| | Once the case has been investigated before the institution of criminal proceedings the Serious Fraud Office must consider whether there is a realistic prospect of securing a conviction and whether the public interest requires a prosecution under the principles outlined in the Code for Crown Prosecutors. | | | Criminal Legal Aid is available in court proceedings without a means test in the Magistrates' Court and in the Crown Court provided that the court is satisfied that the interests of justice are served by publicly funding a defence team. | | | We represent a national network of solicitors who specialise in the defence of serious criminal charges relating to white collar crime and business fraud and our lawyers have all been appointed to the exclusive Legal Services Commission Specialist Fraud Panel. |
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http://www.accident999.co.uk/serious_fraud_office.html
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| | Guardian Unlimited The Guardian What's wrong with the Serious Fraud Office? |
| | Sources say that even though ultimately fees are negotiated between the SFO and a barrister's clerk, SFO counsel's rates may drop in parallel with defence lawyers' rates. | | | New staff on a case have to acquaint themselves with cases from scratch, and then make decisions about whether there is a case to answer based on available evidence to hand. | | | The second case, brought against the former directors of a UK insurance business, Tower Risk Management, collapsed mainly because the SFO did not think to consider a basic legal principle that contracts may be valid even if they are unauthorised. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/story/0,3605,1175615,00.html
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| | Serious Fraud Office International Co-operation |
| | We liase with authorities in many national jurisdictions and also with supranational bodies such as OLAF, the anti-fraud office of the European Union. | | | If they refer the case to us we will examine it in detail to judge whether we can assist. | | | At the SFO, we have a unit devoted to handling incoming international requests for mutual legal assistance in cases of serious or complex fraud. |
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| | Serious Fraud Office - Government Legal Service GLS Graduate Trainee Qualified |
| | Serious Fraud Office - Government Legal Service GLS Graduate Trainee Qualified | | | A few Grade 6 lawyers also work in the Policy Division, providing guidance on new legislation and SFO procedure and advising the SFO's Mutual Legal Assistance Unit which obtains evidence to assist overseas courts and prosecuting authorities. | | | They may need to liaise with other agencies, advise on difficult legal or practical issues, or obtain foreign or expert evidence. |
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| | The Law Commission for England and Wales |
| | To this end, documents may be falsified or destroyed, and arrangements may be made for some transactions to take place in other jurisdictions, and for the proceeds of the offence to be removed there later perhaps to be followed by the fraudsters themselves. | | | Furthermore, section 2 cannot bite in circumstances where a person would be entitled to refuse to disclose information or to produce a document on the grounds of legal professional privilege, (12) or where a person is bound by banking confidentiality. | | | a requirement that such a preparatory investigation should be subject to the guarantees of a judicial procedure as set forth in Article 6(1) would in practice unduly hamper the effective regulation in the public interest of complex fraud and commercial activities. |
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http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/library/lccp145/ptxii.htm
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| | Magnam Decision Announcement from the Serious Fraud Office |
| | The Auckland Crown Solicitor and the Crown Law Office accepted that criminal intent would be virtually impossible to prove if independent legal advice had been obtained that Magnum was lawful. | | | I needed to satisfy myself that, if the conduct of any person could be shown to be legally wrong, I would be able to prove in a Court that that person did not have an honest belief that he or she was justified in acting in the way they did. | | | I needed to satisfy myself that, if the conduct of any person could be shown to be legally wrong, I would be able to prove in a Court that that person did not have an honest belief that he or she was justified in acting in the way in which they did. |
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| | Juries In Serious Fraud Trials |
| | These included the establishment of the Serious Fraud Office; changes to rules relating to evidence; and the streamlining of court procedures.There was also the establishment of a more sophisticated regulatory framework under the provisions of the Financial Services Act 1986. | | | If those charged with serious fraud offences were also to be tried by a method of trial different from other defendants charged with serious criminal offences, a similarly strong case would need to be made justifying those special provisions. | | | Scheduling certain fraud offences, or creating a new offence of serious and complex fraud which would automatically attract the alternative method of trial, would be very difficult to achieve in practice as would formulating criteria by 16 which a case would be certified out. |
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| | House of Lords - Taylor and Others v. Director of the Serious Fraud Office and Others |
| | Sinclair [1974] 1 N.Z.L.R. 180, 187] to apply it to the immunity attaching to a witness or possible witness in a criminal investigation." There is nothing in these decisions which would extend absolute immunity to the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office or the police. | | | It forms part of English legal procedure because the public interest in securing that justice is done between parties is considered to outweigh the private and public interest in the maintenance of confidentiality. | | | Fountain Page Ltd. [1991] 1 W.L.R. 756,764 the undertaking is in reality an obligation imposed by operation of law by virtue of the circumstances in which the document or information is obtained. |
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| | The New Zealand Herald |
| | Gardiner believes the public is well-served by the combination of the Securities Commission, which investigates breaches of company law, the Commerce Commission, which enforces the Fair Trading Act, and the SFO. | | | He said in November that documents he had seen warranted further scrutiny, although he had not concluded whether they represented offending or incompetence. | | | Auckland lawyer Jeremy Bioletti worked as a prosecutor at SFO between 1991 and 1995. |
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| | Serious Fraud Office to set standards for electronic evidence - PC Magazine |
| | Representatives of defence solicitors, the Court Service, Criminal Justice IT, the Legal Services Commission and the Office of Government Commerce are co-operating to enable evidence to be presented in graphical or diagramatic form on screens to juries, and to improve remote access to larger public inquiries. | | | A special Electronic Presentation of Evidence Group (EPE) has been formed by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to develop standards for presenting evidence in court electronically. | | | The group's aim is to develop standards and help drive the adoption of EPE by more prosecutors in more courts to make the presentation of cases clearer, quicker and easier to understand. |
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| | 2 Bedford Row |
| | Department of Trade and Industry case — solicitor / property developer fraud on series of companies — Canterbury Crown Court — 2001 — Court of Appeal 2003 — complex restraint and confiscation — 2002 — Court of Appeal on confiscation — 2004. | | | Tribunal declared Customs behaviour to be unreasonable, ordered review and directed compensation. | | | Confiscation and restraint — £3 million fraud on bank — complex confiscation proceedings — High Court restraint order variation — 2003. |
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http://www.2bedfordrow.co.uk/cases.asp
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| | Court slams Vogon for overbilling Serious Fraud Office The Register |
| | Judge Richard Seymour, sitting in the Technology and Construction Court division of the High Court, dismissed Vogon's action regarding a disputed claim of payment for data recovery services to the SFO. | | | The Judge found in favour of the SFO, putting the bill for Vogon's work at £22,500, which is hardly likely to cover legal expenses arising from the dispute. | | | The case went to court where Vogon's claim "resoundingly failed". |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/22/court_slams_vogon_for_overbilling
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| | Combating Prime Bank and High-Yield Investment Fraud |
| | Each must be examined and it may be possible to obtain expert evidence that this transaction is commercially unviable. | | | Burton was tried at Auckland Circuit Court ten months later and received a six-month prison sentence but released on the basis of time already spent in custody awaiting trial. | | | On 24 January 2000, the defendants were charged at St. Albans Magistrate Court and the case later transferred to Wood Green Crown Court. |
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http://www.quatloos.com/combating-hyip.htm
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| | Inland Revenue: COP9 : Special Compliance Office investigations - Cases of Suspected Serious Fraud |
| | A copy of the Statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer setting out this practice (commonly referred to as the Hansard Statement or simply ‘Hansard’) will be given to you at the meeting by an authorised officer of the Board. | | | You must send us complete and accurate tax returns by the legal deadline even if we are investigating your tax affairs under this Code. | | | We will take a very serious view if you sign a Certificate of Full Disclosure you know to be false. |
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| | Profile: Robert Wardle, head of the Serious Fraud Office. - Accountancy Age |
| | It could also be a major PR success for the SFO, bringing not only a conviction, but also retrieval of funds and a reduction in trial times. | | | He believes that regulation has improved significantly in the last 15 years, especially since the dark days of BCCI and Maxwell.In particular, the setting up of the FSA and the introduction of the Proceeds of Crime Act has 'really brought the issue of money laundering home to the professions'. | | | Regan was extradited from Monaco to stand trial on the charge of theft. |
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http://www.accountancyage.com/Features/1136499
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| | Canter Levin & Berg - serious fraud and white collar crime |
| | We are well known for dealing with high profile cases and we are members of the Legal Services Commission serious fraud cases panel which enables us to represent clients faced with such prosecutions with the benefit of public legal funding. | | | He is not only a consultant to the practice, but for the last ten years has also lectured students of the Institute of Legal Executive in Criminal Procedure. | | | Phil joined the practice in 1990 after working as a Senior Legal Adviser to the Court Service. |
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| | Metropolitan Police Service: Specialist Operations - SO6 Speciaist Crime OCU |
| | These letters cover such diverse requests as the service of summonses, applications for and execution of search warrants as well as assistance in the investigation of serious crimes on behalf of foreign jurisdictions. | | | It liaises with the banking industry and others on behalf of the Met, in connection with efforts being made to design out criminal opportunities in the area of cheque, credit card and other non-cash payment methods. | | | The unit also services international letters of request relating to persons who are living within the London area. |
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http://www.met.police.uk/so/so6.htm
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| | Edward Hayes - Solicitors - Serious Fraud |
| | We are one of the few firms in the country to have been appointed to The Specialist Fraud Panel of firms eligible to deal with serious fraud cases and very high cost criminal cases. | | | Our large team of solicitors and caseworkers have vast experience of the criminal justice system. | | | This panel only admits those firms that can demonstrate significant experience in dealing with these cases. |
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http://www.edwardhayes.co.uk/fraud.htm
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| | Fraud Cases |
| | Fraud cases require particular expertise as well as the resources within a firm to deal with the case properly. | | | Non means tested Legal Aid is usually available. | | | If a firm takes on/continues a case which fulfils these criteria and which is not on the Serious Fraud Panel then the fees of the firm are likely to be disallowed on taxation. |
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http://www.bishopandlight.co.uk/serious_fraud.htm
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| | Guardian Unlimited Money Special_reports Serious fraud office called in to Equitable |
| | However, the Treasury would not be drawn on what these issues were. | | | "If the SFO finds otherwise, Equitable Life policy holders should be entitled to compensation. | | | "I am writing to inform you that Lord Penrose has also made his report available to the serious fraud office and, having studied the contents of the report, the Treasury has asked the serious fraud office to consider a number of issues raised in the report," she said. |
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http://money.guardian.co.uk/equitablelife/story/0,10788,1129972,00.html
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| | Bark and Co. Solicitors - A solicitors with many years experience of major fraud and other serious criminal cases. |
| | Dedicated specialist teams are able to offer rapid advice and assistance in dealing with all aspects of providing advice on complex business regulation and tax issues and conducting all stages of legal proceedings. | | | Bark and Co. Solicitors - A solicitors with many years experience of major fraud and other serious criminal cases. | | | Our specialisations include civil and criminal business regulation work, Value Added Tax, Customs and Excise duty compliance advice and litigation, tax investigations and commercial dispute resolution, financial fraud and directors liability claims. |
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http://www.barkco.com/
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| | Serious Fraud Office - Welcome to the SFO |
| | Sentenced in September at Sheffield Crown Court, four offenders received combined prison terms of 8 ¾ years for their parts in a fraud where companies were acquired with the sole intention of dishonestly extracting cash before they were put into receivership or liquidation. | | | The Serious Fraud Office is a government department and is part of the UK criminal justice system. | | | This completes a number of hearings conducted throughout 2004 in which five defendants have been convicted. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Fraud Office looks again at BAE |
| | Judge grants Guardian access to court file 'to secure effects and benefits of justice' | | | MoD police confirmed to us that: "We were never given the case" | | | A key document among those the SFO is studying is a BAE internal memorandum which reveals that a meeting was held to discuss an ex-employee of the front company, Edward Cunningham, who had obtained allegedly in criminating files exposing the slush fund. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/armstrade/story/0,10674,1040440,00.html
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| | IBC ~ Links |
| | The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Counsel in Family Proceedings) Order 2001 | | | The following links are of relevance to Civil Fees (NB to view some links you may require Adobeî Acrobatî viewer software) |
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http://www.barristersclerks.com/Default.aspx?sID=15
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| | BBC NEWS Business India cracks down on fraud |
| | The SFO will pass the case on to other authorities if there is evidence that other laws, such as banking laws or tax laws, have been broken. | | | The SFO - which will be part of the department of company affairs - will investigate company finances and prosecute in cases where there has been a violation of corporate laws. | | | India is to set up a Serious Fraud Office [SFO] as part of a new push to crackdown on company fraud and improve corporate governance. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2645589.stm
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| | Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Fraud Office to Target Insurance Scam |
| | In the meantime the SFO and the PSNI Fraud Unit have agreed to examine any criminal liability as it now stands. | | | The Government is considering strengthening the powers of the Financial Services Authority to bring grossing up under its remit, but legislation could be 12-18 months away. | | | British Insurance Brokers Association chief executive Eric Galbraith challenged Mr Cheshire on the extent of grossing up. |
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| | Telegraph Money Iceland shares probe passed to SFO |
| | The SFO is now expected to spend up to a month examining information passed on by the DTI and possibly making further inquiries before deciding whether to launch an investigation which could lead to a court case. | | | The SFO is known to take all cases referred by the DTI seriously. | | | Last April, the Financial Services Authority censured the company for "very serious breaches of the listing rules" under Mr Walker's chairmanship, arguing that it failed to keep the market up-to-date with a decline in trading. |
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| | BBC NEWS Business Fraud Office examines Equitable |
| | The SFO will now determine whether issues raised warrant a full investigation, a process which could take a number of months. | | | The SFO said it will be conducting a "preliminary examination" into issues raised by the report. | | | Lord Penrose has also submitted a copy of his report, which is expected to be published shortly, to the SFO. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3423879.stm
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| | News on Financial Crime, Investment Fraud, Money Laundering, & White Collar Crime for KYC Due Diligence & risk ... |
| | Four lawsuits filed against offshore bank December 31, 2004 Four civil lawsuits have been filed in Bermuda against Horizon Bank International, which is licensed in St. Vincent and The Grenadines. | | | Russians investigate firm for tax fraud December 31, 2004 The authorities in Russia are seeking evidence in the United States as part of a tax fraud investigation into a Moscow-based company called Probus. | | | WDEF [Jan 11 2005 6:11PM GMT]...Prosecutors say Abraham Kennard headed up a multimillion-dollar advance fee fraud scheme from 2001 to 2002 that eventually involved 16-hundred churches and other organizations in 41 states. |
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http://www.offshorebusiness.com/
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| | PPE - Working Class Encyclopedia L2 |
| | University vice-chancellor said the action taken against the lawyer did not impair his performance as convener of the university's introductory legal systems course for law students. | | | It was officially disbanded in April 1946 and its assets, like the Court of International Justice and International Labour Office, were taken over by the UN. | | | The tribunal said his actions were neither fraudulent nor dishonest but were a serious breach of trust. |
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| | Kaim Todner Solicitors - Home Page |
| | We have a reputation for aggressive and pro-active defence in criminal matters established through being prepared to take on | | | NOTE: The lawyers and solicitors at Kaim Todner specialise in a wide range of cases including; crime, drugs and drug related cases, serious fraud and white collar crime, money laundering, mental health review tribunals, judicial reviews, hospital managers hearings and family law. | | | Our mental health team provides representation throughout England and Wales and are highly experienced in representing those who have been detained by the courts, or other tribunals, in cases including: |
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http://www.kaimtodner.com/
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| | Serious Fraud Office: 5 May 2004: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com) |
| | The SFO uses its investigation powers under the Criminal Justice Act 1987 to provide mutual legal assistance to other EU member states. | | | Serious Fraud Office: 5 May 2004: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com) | | | All written answers on 5 May 2004 Next answer » |
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http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans?id=2004-05-05.1487W.1
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| | The Crime Team at Guildhall Chambers |
| | This is work that requires a particular mix of analytical and presentation skills together with top class legal ability. | | | Serious Fraud - complex fraud cases, computer and internet crime and cases involving international fraud and extradition. | | | A number of team members have also defended in recent high profile SFO cases, including the successful defence of Company Chairman Peter Hayward in the Talbot Village Trust Fraud tried in Winchester Crown Court between October 2002 and February 2004. |
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| | The Hindu Business Line : HC restrains Serious Fraud Office from probing Ispat Ind |
| | Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line | | | THE Calcutta High Court has restrained the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) from initiating investigations against Ispat Industries for alleged misappropriation of funds. | | | Official sources said, "The court has stayed the Ministry of Company Affairs order asking the SFIO to carry investigations against the company." |
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/10/18/stories/2004101800240300.htm
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| | News - Nelsons New Serious Fraud Panel |
| | Less than 70 firms' nation-wide have been appointed to the panel, which has been created at the instigation of the Legal Services Commission. | | | From April 2001, only panel members will be able to act in high cost fraud cases, which means most business crimes cases. | | | Nelsons has probably the largest business defence department outside of London with two partners and 20 lawyers working exclusively on the defence of business related crime, notably fraud. |
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http://www.nelsonsonline.com/news/fraud.htm
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| | Fraud |
| | Aggressive defense in federal, state and juvenile courts for sex crimes, drugs, DUI, murder, rape and all serious criminal charges. | | | Free info and links on Qui Tam Law and what you can do to safely report fraud. | | | We use our skills and experience to go beyond the obvious. |
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http://www.nhs-fraud.org.uk/
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| | House of Commons Hansard Debates for 1 Jul 1999 (pt 5) |
| | The previous Government made two minor extensions to the Criminal Justice Act 1988, but experience has shown that not many references have been made. | | | Under the new regime in the Financial Services and Markets Bill, the regulatory authorities will be able to take disciplinary action, but at the end of the day serious cases have to be pursued. | | | When the Financial Services Authority is given the power under the Financial Services and Markets Bill to prosecute fraud cases alongside the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service, how will that affect the responsibilities of the Law Officers in this place? |
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http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo990701/debtext/90701-05.htm
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| | Attorney Timothy C. Karen, Del Mar, California - Firm Overview |
| | We also provide legal advice to our employment clients and handle employment related litigation for employees and employers. | | | We focus our practice in the area of securities fraud, serious personal injury, insurance bad faith, consumer fraud, class action litigation, employment litigation and employment consulting. | | | Our clients include victims of serious accidents who have been severely injured. |
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http://www.timkaren.com/frm_FirmOverview.htm
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| | Serious Fraud - Kaim Todner Solicitors - Useful Links |
| | The lawyers at Kaim Todner Solicitors regularly defend serious cases brought by these agencies. | | | NOTE: Serious fraud, white collar crime, money laundering and drug importation are dealt with by various different government agencies including; Police generally, Drug Squad, Fraud Squad, Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), VAT Investigation office, Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue. | | | VAT Fraud - H.M. Customs and Excise Policy |
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| | BBC NEWS Business Top fraudbuster wants plea bargaining |
| | Fraud cases are very long and difficult to investigate | | | The SFO has had a conviction rate of more than 80% since it was set up 15 years ago. | | | The Financial Services Authority and the Department of Trade and Industry investigate mainstream corporate frauds, while the SFO tackles the most high-profile, lucrative and complex cases. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2966557.stm
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| | SC Attorney General's Office: Insurance Fraud |
| | Copyright ©1998 - South Carolina Attorney General's Office. | | | Insurance fraud directly affects the amount you pay for health, auto and homeowner's insurance and increases the prices you pay for goods and services. | | | Fraud could be as simple as misrepresenting facts on an insurance application or "padding " or inflating actual claims or as serious as submitting claims for injuries or damage that never occurred and "staging" accidents. |
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| | Press Releases |
| | The Home Office and the Corporation of London have agreed to provide £1m in revenue funding each in the first year, index linked (to the annual increase in the Home Office provision for aggregate police funding) for future years. | | | This will be backed by a further £1 million from the Home Office to fund the capital costs of the expansion. | | | City Police will also assist other forces by investigating complex fraud cases that fall outside SFO criteria. |
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| | Serious Fraud Office swoops on drug companies -- Dyer 324 (7343): 935 -- BMJ |
| | The fraud office said no arrests were made and no charges were imminent. | | | The case was referred to the Serious Fraud Office by the counter-fraud directorate of the Department of Health, set up in | | | A 1999 report from the House of Commons Select Committee on Health said that the market for generic drugs in the United Kingdom |
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http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/324/7343/935/a
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