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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) fights complex financial crime, delivers justice for victims and protects the UK’s reputation as a safe place to do business. SFO is a non-ministerial department.
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Find fraud, bribery and corruption cases investigated by the SFO.
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The Serious Fraud Office has today charged two in its investigation into suspected fraud at Safe Hands Plans Ltd. and parent company SHP Capital Holdings Ltd.
Three former directors of Ethical Forestry Limited plead guilty following a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into a £70 million investment scheme fraud.
The SFO has arrested six people and searched seven sites in connection with a fraud and bribery investigation into the past management of Home REIT.
The SFO launched an investigation into suspected fraud at Safe Hands Plans Limited and its parent company SHP Capital Holdings Limited in 2022.
The SFO traces, restrains and recovers the proceeds of complex economic crime, including fraud, bribery and corruption.
The SFO announced a bribery investigation into Blu-3 and former associates of the global construction firm Mace Group in April 2025.
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