Investigations, Corporate Misconduct, UK

Daily Compliance News: July 25, 2025, The New Sheriff in Town Edition

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 7/25/2025

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

[Podcast] Signed, Sealed, Prosecuted: The UK Post Office Scandal

Wiley Rein LLP on 6/30/2025

Join hosts Tatiana Sainati and Diana Shaw as they unravel one of the most shocking corruption scandals in modern British history – the UK Post Office Horizon debacle. From a centuries-old institution to a catastrophic IT...more

UK SFO: the ingredients of cooperation

A&O Shearman on 6/16/2025

The UK SFO’s new guidance on corporate cooperation makes clear that a company must show cooperation if it is to be invited to enter into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA). No change there. So what’s different in the new...more

UK Serious Fraud Office Releases New Guidance on Self-Reporting, Cooperation and Deferred Prosecution Agreements

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/29/2025

On 24 April 2025, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) released new guidance on corporate self-reporting, cooperation and deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs)....more

Proposed action against Crispin Odey: A different approach to tackling non-financial misconduct

A&O Shearman on 4/2/2025

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the full details of its proposal to fine and ban the fund manager, Crispin Odey, for lacking integrity. But the FCA’s proposed action against Mr Odey does not rely on his...more

Digging for Trouble: The Double-Edged Sword of Decisions to Report Misconduct

Bracewell LLP on 7/5/2024

On May 10, 2024, Romy Andrianarisoa, former Chief of Staff to the President of Madagascar, was convicted for soliciting bribes from Gemfields Group Ltd (Gemfields), a UK-based mining company specializing in rubies and...more