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Water champion seeks reassurance for consumers following launch of Serious Fraud Office investigation.
M2 PRESSWIRE-1 November 2005-UK Government: Water champion seeks reassurance for consumers following launch of Serious Fraud Office investigationC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01112005 The regional water champion representing Severn Trent customers has expressed its concern that the Serious Fraud Office SFO is...
Tags: Severn Trent Plc.
Research articles 2005-11-01
U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office investigating Thomson for allegedly double-billing subscribers.
Thomson Corporation's legal publishing division in Britain, Sweet & Maxwell, is under investigation by the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office SFO because of allegations that the company double-billed some of its clients. Thomson Corporation's legal publishing division in Britain, Sweet & Maxwell, is under...
Tags: Microsoft Office, Thomson Corp.
Research articles 2005-03-17
Serious Fraud Office investigates Ofwat's concerns about Severn Trent Water.
M2 PRESSWIRE-31 October 2005-UK Government: Serious Fraud Office investigates Ofwat's concerns about Severn Trent WaterC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31102005 The Serious Fraud Office SFO has started an investigation into Severn Trent Water. Ofwat had previously alerted the SFO to its concerns...
Tags: Severn Trent Plc.
Research articles 2005-10-31
Serious Fraud Office in decision on MG Rover collapse probe
Aug 10 2009 by Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post The Serious Fraud Office is to announce this week whether a full criminal investigation into the collapse of MG Rover will be held, potentially leaving more than 6,000 ex-workers in limbo yet again. National newspaper reports claimed that the SFO could reveal...
Tags: report, Phoenix Technologies, inquiry, Inquiry
News items 2009-08-11
Breaking News: Fraud office says no MG Rover probe
The saga of the collapse of MG Rover reached a tentative conclusion when Britain's Serious Fraud Office said it didn't intend to pursue a criminal inquiry. The long-running saga of the collapse of luxury car maker MG Rover - and the subsequent investigation into what went wrong - reached a...
Tags: conclusion, Phoenix Technologies, Britain
News items 2009-08-12
DTI put pressure on fraud office over Venables
The Department of Trade and Industry, which is seeking to disqualify Terry Venables as a company director, repeatedly pressed the Serious Fraud Office to start a criminal investigation into the England football coach. This is revealed in documents relating to the case and seen by the Independent. ...
Tags: Tottenham Hotspur Plc.
Research articles 1996-02-01
JJB reveals former executives are under investigation by Soca
The Serious Organised Crime Agency is looking at the actions of former executives at JJB Sports, it emerged yesterday. The sports retailer has already said it is under investigation by the Office of Fair Trading for price fixing, while the Serious Fraud Office is looking at possible deception by former...
Tags: executive, action, Retail Company, investigation, rumour, prospectus
News items 2009-10-13
Serious Organised Crime Agency probes former JJB Sports executives
14 October, 2009 | By Nicola Harrison Former JJB Sports executives are facing the scrutiny of the Serious Organised Crime Agency and HM Revenue, piling more pressure on the sports retailer that is already under investigation by the Office of Fair Trading and the Serious Fraud Office. JJB Sports revealed...
Tags: executive, scrutiny, Microsoft Office, Retail Company, crime, Investigation
News items 2009-10-14
Saudis may pull out of Eurofighter contract over fraud probe: report
LONDON AFP — Saudi Arabia reportedly may pull out of a contract to buy 72 new Eurofighter aircraft from British firm BAE Systems because of a row over an investigation into an alleged slush fund. The Saudis could pull out of the 76 billion pound (112 billion euros, 147 billion...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, BAE Systems Plc., fraud, Litigation, Manufacturing
Research articles 2006-11-25
Fraud investigation launched into leakages at Severn Trent
The Serious Fraud Office has begun an investigation into the water company Severn Trent over allegations that it provided incorrect figures on leakage rates to the industry regulator Ofwat, in breach of criminal law. Severn, the UK's biggest quoted water company, which appointed Colin Matthews chief executive...
Tags: Severn Trent Plc.
Research articles 2005-11-01
SEVERN TRENT PLC - Statement re SFO investigation.
Severn Trent Plc announced today that as a result of a referral by Ofwat, the Serious Fraud Office is undertaking a criminal investigation into alleged reporting irregularities made to Ofwat by Severn Trent Water Limited between 2000 and 2003. Ofwat has been conducting its...
Tags: Severn Trent Plc.
Research articles 2005-10-31
Norton men convicted of fraud
A two-year investigation into the affairs of Norton, the motorcycle group, involving the Serious Fraud Office culminated yesterday in two men being convicted on fraud charges, writes Magnus Grimond. Simon Fussell, chairman of Minty, a furniture group, and Rudolph De Mendonca, a former stockbroker with the firm of...
Tags: Exide Corp., Norton Co.
Research articles 1996-05-23
Lloyd's stung by possible fraud probe. (Lloyd's of London)
Lloyd's Stung By Possible Fraud Probe LONDON--Lloyd's of London has not taken kindly to a recent unauthorized disclosure that the Serious Fraud Office of the London police force is thinking about conducting an investigation into the so-called "Outhwaite" affair, which has plagued the market...
Tags: Lloyd's of London
Research articles 1991-04-15
British anti-fraud agency probing firms accused of bribing Saddam: report
LONDON AFP — Britain's Serious Fraud Office is investigating allegations that several firms based in London paid bribes to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime as part of the discredited UN oil-for-food programme, The Guardian has reported. Government ministers have approved funding for the investigation amounting to 22 million...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, agency, bribe, Construction, dictator, director, London, MARKETING, sanction, SFO
Research articles 2007-02-13
Blair raised Saudi fraud probe fears: letter
LONDON AFP — Former British prime minister Tony Blair raised fears over a probe into an alleged corrupt arms deal between Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems days before it was dropped, according to a letter released Friday. Britain's Serious Fraud Office announced in 2006 that it was halting an...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, BAE Systems Plc., Britain, fraud, Government, London
Research articles 2007-12-21
Defence sector set for new year cheer with contracts boost.
Attorney General Lord Goldsmith gave the defence industry its Christmas present early this year. His decision to cancel a Serious Fraud Office investigation into the Saudi Arabian owners of certain Swiss bank accounts means that a new year charm offensive will soon be under way to...
Tags: Metrix Inc.
Research articles 2006-12-22
Row after criminal probe over MG Rover collapse ruled out
Aug 12 2009 by Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post The Serious Fraud Office has announced it will not begin a criminal investigation into the collapse of car maker MG Rover, paving the way for a four-year-old report into the collapse to be published. Graeme Brown and Jonathan Walker examine the reaction...
Tags: report, Phoenix Technologies
News items 2009-08-11
JJB Sports' chairman faces epic task
Sir David Jones has fought many battles in his life. He ousted George Davies from the boardroom at Next, strived to transform Littlewoods into an aspirational brand and has faced a long fight against the effects of Parkinson's disease. But it may be his battle to rescue JJB Sports that...
Tags: company, loan, investigation
News items 2009-10-09
JJB to go ahead with £100m capital raising
JJB Sports has confirmed that it will forge ahead with plans to raise £100m via an equity issue after it was forced to delay the capital raising last week.  JJB said this morning that it is finalising arrangements for the equity issue. In a statement, it said it is "pleased...
Tags: investigation, Rumour
News items 2009-10-12
Fraud-hit Satyam names audit firms as probe widens
By Devidutta Tripathy HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - India's fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services Ltd named two audit firms on Wednesday to restate its results after being caught in the country's biggest corporate scandal, threatening its survival. KPMG and Deloitte will restate results prepared by Satyam's previous auditor, the Indian unit of...
News items 2009-08-07
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