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Serious Fraud Office makes three arrests after dawn raids in bribery investigation

Individuals at British firm Blu-3 alleged to have paid more than £3m to former associates at Mace Group construction company

The Guardian - UK

National Party donors cleared as SFO case crumbles

All charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office over political donations to National and Labour in a milestone case have now been quashed - leaving just one defendant guilty of lying to the SFO.

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Four charged with fraud over collapse of Patisserie Valerie chain

Serious Fraud Office brings charges against former director and three others after collapse of UK cafe chain in 2019

The Guardian - UK

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Serious Fraud Office drops 10-year corruption inquiry into Kazakh miner ENRC

UK agency also shuts other high-profile cases including Rio Tinto investigation

The Guardian - UK

New chief announced for Serious Fraud Office

Former senior Met Police officer Nick Ephgrave will take up the role at the end of September.

The Independent UK

Fraud case against three ex-G4S executives collapses

At an Old Bailey hearing before Mr Justice Johnson, the Serious Fraud Office announced it was offering no evidence in the case.

The Independent UK

Regulators unable to intervene with potential ponzi seminar

Unable to step into a regulatory grey area, NZ’s watchdogs have to rely on the media to spread caution.

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Crown spends $1m to prosecute political donations

Only three of nine people charged over political donations deceit in 2022 were convicted, despite at least $1m spent on top lawyers by the Crown

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Nadhim Zahawi: Timeline of how tax affairs saw the Conservative Party chairman sacked

In a letter to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak said it was ‘clear there has been a serious breach of the ministerial code’

The Independent UK

Top Tory minister to pay millions to HMRC to settle tax dispute

NADHIM Zahawi, the former chancellor and Tory leadership contender, has agreed to pay millions of pounds to settle a tax dispute with the HMRC.

The National (Scotland)

Yikun Zhang associate loses Justice of Peace role

Colin Zheng steps down from community role after conviction over donations to the National Party.

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National the winner as donations trio sentenced

The Crown fails in a bid to have those convicted of political donations crimes sent to jail

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The dragon in the room

Testimony from an expert witness on China's overseas influence operations never made it to the High Court trial of local Chinese and others hiding donations to Labour and National.

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Ex MP Jami-Lee Ross cleared of fraud charges

A four-year saga over alleged cover-ups of donations to National and Labour ends with the former National MP cleared and three others guilty on some charges.

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Serious Fraud Office didn't understand Chinese culture - lawyer

A court hears investigators and Crown lawyers ignored Chinese cultural factors when pursuing members of that community over alleged deceit involving political donations

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What's the value of freedom from public scrutiny?

Lawyers for the seven defendants in the SFO prosecution over political donations challenged the very basis of the charges faced by their clients

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Lawyer claims Labour official knew of donations scam

Did a top Labour official know a big donation from a leading Chinese businessman was disguised as five donations from other in the community and fail to tell the Electoral Commission?

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Why did the Serious Fraud Office target donations to Labour?

Labour was considering the future of the SFO before it 'coincidentally' was drawn into a political donations investigation by the office, a defence lawyer claims

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SFO raids house, seizes kids' laptop

Defence lawyers attack the actions of the Serious Fraud Office in its political donations inquiry, questioning what investigators told judges to get search warrants

The Independent UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg attack on civil service waste shows photo of empty desks in his own department

Now-deleted photo showed ghostly office within Cabinet Office

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Jami-Lee: 'I got f***ed over big time'

One thousand, three hundred and ninety two days since his explosive public expose on donations to the National Party, evidence from ex MP Jami-Lee Ross is finally aired in court.

The Guardian - UK

Anger as Serious Fraud Office head says she’s proud of ‘revolving door’ between regulator and law firms

Fears grow that movement of senior figures into private sector sees some use inside knowledge to help companies being investigated

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Minister pressed on what he told SFO

When the Labour Party learned the names of Chinese businessmen accused of political donations crimes involving National, it turned to its chief whip and ethnic affairs lead Michael Wood to s

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Donations trial eavesdrops on WeChat deals

The High Court trial of seven people for concealing political donations hears WeChat deals and disputes over what Labour knew about a wealthy Chinese donor.

The Guardian - UK

Serious Fraud Office chief found to have made errors over major corruption trial

Independent review criticises Lisa Osofsky personally after two businessmen’s convictions were overturned

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