Crime and Policing

The NCA has obtained a £1.13 million Account Freezing Order as part of an investigation into a Leeds businessman with suspected links to serious organised criminals.

https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/court-grants-nca-1m-freezing-order

A police investigation into allegations of fraud linked to a £10.25 million council loan to Northampton Town FC has now cost almost one million pounds.

This month the National Crime Agency has clawed back millions of dollars from a fraud involving 700 victims.

https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/fraudsters-end-the-year-with-lighter-pockets-thanks-to-the-nca-s-asset-denial-teams

Lisa Osofsky’s first full year at the helm of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has seen the agency confront an expanding set of challenges. Osofsky has begun to put her distinctive stamp on the body amidst a fraught political environment and challenging legal landscape.

https://www.macfarlanes.com/what-we-think/in-depth/2019/a-christmas-note-on-the-sfo-review-of-2019-and-outlook-on-2020/

Scotland’s most senior prosecutor has asked Police Scotland if fiscals were told potential evidence of fraud at an undercover unit had been incinerated.

The National Crime Agency Director General, Lynne Owens, yesterday issued a tasking to improve the response to fraud

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1307/the_national_crime_agency_director_general__lynne

A former police superintendent has avoided a jail after admitting to a £21,000 fraud.

Police chiefs have revealed plans to support all vitims of fraudsters as part of a new scheme.

Following the announcement by Glencore PLC, the SFO confirms it is investigating suspicions of bribery in the conduct of business by the Glencore group of companies, its officials, employees, agents and associated persons.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2019/12/05/sfo-confirms-investigation-into-suspected-bribery-at-glencore-group-of-companies/

Nicola Sharp of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli believes problems could have been averted if the accounting had been subject to closer scrutiny years earlier.

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/870334/Corporate+Crime/Goals+Soccer+Centres+Has+Asked+The+Serious+Fraud+Office+To+Investigate+What+It+Believes+Is+Accounting+Fraud