On 2 June 2021, the Crown Prosecution Service (the “CPS”) updated its Money Laundering Offences guidance on prosecuting ‘failure to disclose’ offences under section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Such a failure exists...more
In the first prosecution of its kind brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Konstantin Vishnyak has been acquitted by a jury at Southwark Crown Court of one count of destruction of documents under the Financial...more
In R v Barton & Booth, a five member Court of Criminal Appeal: 1) emphatically endorsed the Ivey test for dishonesty, firmly dismissing the previous two-stage test in Ghosh; 2) affirmed that, in relation to conspiracy to...more
In a closely followed case, on February 26, 2020, a District Court Judge in Connecticut granted Lawrence Hoskins’ motion for acquittal on the seven FCPA counts on which the jury convicted him. Hoskins was a UK citizen who...more
2/28/2020
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Alstom ,
Bribery ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Indictments ,
Jurisdiction ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
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On 16 July 2019, three individuals were acquitted of conspiracy to corrupt and conspiracy to bribe. On the basis of the same evidence, their employer, Sarclad Limited, had previously admitted corporate criminal liability and...more
On 4 July 2019, Southwark Crown Court approved a deferred prosecution agreement between the SFO and Serco Group PLC in relation to fraudulent reporting in contracts for “tagging” individuals under curfew conditions. This is...more
7/5/2019
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Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Internal Controls ,
Ministry of Justice ,
Public Contracts ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK
This is the first of a series of articles on the House of Lords Select Committee’s recent report, entitled “The Bribery Act 2010: post-legislative scrutiny”, in which members of BCLP’s White Collar team review the report. ...more