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Corporate Crime & Compliance UK
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April 16, 2025
Uber Hacker Fights For Freedom Over Evidence Ruling
Lawyers for a man detained as a teenager for hacking companies including Uber and Rockstar Games urged an English appeals court to overturn the jury findings on Wednesday, arguing that his previous convictions should not have been admitted.
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April 16, 2025
EY Under Investigation Over UK Post Office Audits
The accounting watchdog said Wednesday that it has started an investigation into Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Post Office over financial shortfalls registered by postmasters around the country.
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April 15, 2025
7 Arrested In France In €3.4M Cross-Border VAT Fraud Case
The European Public Prosecutor's Office arrested seven people suspected of carrying out a value-added tax fraud scheme involving what it called valuable vehicles that resulted in at least €3.4 million ($3.8 million) in tax losses, the EPPO said Tuesday.
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April 15, 2025
Charity Worker Fights To Revive Fraud Whistleblowing Case
An ex-offender turned charity worker fought on Tuesday to revive his case that a non-profit had him recalled to prison for voicing financial misconduct allegations about the charity's founder, a former Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi lawyer.
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April 15, 2025
Questions Linger On UK Sanctions Enforcement Despite Win
British prosecutors recently won their first-ever case against a former politician for breaching Russian sanctions, but some experts question whether the authorities are picking simpler cases rather than prosecuting more complex, substantive breaches.
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April 15, 2025
Man Given 4 Years In Prison For Covid Loan Fraud
A man was sentenced Tuesday to four years imprisonment at an English criminal court for defrauding £710,000 ($938,000) from a local authority in business support loans during the COVID-19 lockdowns, prosecutors said.
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April 15, 2025
EU Still Open To Zero-Tariff US Deal, Trade Chief Says
The European Union remains open to a trade deal with the United States to reach zero tariffs on all goods between the country and the trade bloc, the EU trade commissioner said.
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April 15, 2025
Tribunal Judge Sanctioned Over Solicitor Restraint Incident
A retired magistrate has been sanctioned for misconduct for allowing a duty solicitor who was denied re-entry to a court to return without going through security, which led to him being restrained by security staff.
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April 15, 2025
FCA Accuses Director Of £1M Investor Fraud Scheme
The finance regulator said Tuesday that it was prosecuting the director of a trading advice company that it alleges made more than £1 million ($1.3 million) by misleading investors and operating an investment business without authorization.
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April 15, 2025
Ex-Fund Boss Loses Path To Fight $400M Ponzi Scheme Debt
The top appeals court for U.K. overseas territories refused on Tuesday to prevent liquidators from chasing a former hedge fund manager for a $400 million debt linked to a financier convicted of running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme more than a decade ago.
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April 14, 2025
HMRC Lays Out Info Exchange Noncompliance Penalties
HM Revenue & Customs on Monday established the penalty structure for financial institutions that fail to comply with the U.K.'s regulations on automatic exchange of information, including monetary penalties for late filing and inaccurate reports.
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April 14, 2025
Ex-BGC Tax Adviser Admits Contempt In £23M Fraud Case
A former BGC Partners employee faces a potential jail sentence after admitting before a London judge Monday that he breached restrictions the court imposed after he committed a £23.5 million ($30.9 million) fraud against a subsidiary.
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April 14, 2025
Credit Suisse Ignored Greensill Risks, Softbank Tells Court
Softbank told the High Court Monday that Credit Suisse executives had "accepted the risks" that investors might not be paid at the time they agreed to cancel a trade with Greensill Capital in the lead-up to the finance firm's collapse.
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April 14, 2025
Bank Of Ireland Can't Nix Investor's £60M Fraud Claim
Bank of Ireland has lost a bid to block a £60 million ($79 million) case alleging it deceived a property investor into taking out a multimillion-pound loan, with a London judge refusing to rule that the claim was brought too late.
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April 14, 2025
EU Council Greenlights Delay To Sustainability Rules
The Council of the European Union said on Monday that it has formally approved a proposal that will temporarily delay the implementation of two flagship sustainability directives across the bloc.
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April 14, 2025
EY Hit With £325K Fine Over Audit Of Scottish Finance Biz
The accounting watchdog said Monday that it has hit Ernst & Young LLP with a fine of £325,000 ($430,000) and its engagement partner Christopher Voogd £32,000 for failings in the audit of Stirling Water Seafield Finance PLC.
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April 11, 2025
Ireland Probes X's Use Of Public Posts To Train AI Tool Grok
Ireland's data protection authority said Friday that it is forging ahead with an investigation into whether efforts by the Elon Musk-owned social media platform X to train its artificial intelligence model Grok on personal data lifted from public posts complied with the European Union's data protection rules.
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April 11, 2025
Gowling Partner Revives Claim Against Ex-Boss At Credit Firm
A Gowling WLG partner on Friday rekindled her whistleblowing claim against her boss at a credit firm where she previously worked, convincing a London appeals judge that an earlier tribunal was wrong to let the executive off the hook.
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April 11, 2025
3 Convicted Of Driving €24M Car Sales VAT Fraud Ring
A German court convicted and sentenced three ringleaders of a value-added tax fraud scheme that used a series of shell companies and fake invoices to dodge €24 million ($27 million) in owed value-added taxes, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said Friday.
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April 11, 2025
Sheikh Wins $5M Antiques Fraud Case Against Art Dealers
A Qatari royal on Friday won his $5.2 million case against a pair of art dealers, with a London court ruling that the duo could not defend claims that they misrepresented the provenance of antiques because they failed to disclose key evidence.
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April 11, 2025
Teacher Loses Racial Bias, Harassment Claim
An employment tribunal has thrown out a teacher's claims that staff at a grammar school in southeast England discriminated and harassed her, putting an end to her case after she'd already had allegations that the head teacher committed insurance fraud to pay his solicitors tossed out.
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April 11, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen law firm Michael Wilson & Partners reignite a 20-year dispute with a former director over an alleged plot to form a rival partnership, headphone maker Marshall Amplification sue a rival in the intellectual property court, and a commercial diving company pursue action against state-owned nuclear waste processor Sellafield. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new cases in the U.K.
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April 11, 2025
UK Secures 1st Interpol Silver Notice To Recover Fraud Assets
The U.K.'s first-ever Interpol Silver Notice has been published to help trace and recover the criminal assets of a man convicted for an £8.5 million ($11.1 million) property investment fraud, the National Crime Agency announced Friday.
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April 11, 2025
Former Russian Politician Gets 3 Yrs For Sanctions Breach
A former Russian politician convicted of breaching sanctions and money laundering was sentenced to 40 months in prison on Friday for circumventing the U.K.'s financial restrictions on spending on daily living expenses.
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April 10, 2025
Germany Forms New Gov't With Plans To Cut Corporate Taxes
German political parties the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats reached a coalition government agreement, including terms for corporate tax cuts and support for the global minimum corporate tax rate.
Expert Analysis
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Exploring The EU's Draft Standards On Crypto Authorization
The European Securities and Markets Authority’s recently published draft standards aim to promote fair competition and a safer environment for crypto providers and investors, detailing precisely the information to be provided to national authorities in charge of screening the acquisitions of a qualifying holding, says Mathieu de Korvin at Norton Rose.
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Assessing Exposure Under UK Foreign Influence Scheme
While the proposed Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, designed to ensure transparency around foreign state-directed activities, may be delayed by the snap general election, organizations should prepare for compliance, including addressing concerns about the extent of unintended consequences arising from the scheme's scope, say Gavin Costelloe and Gillian Sproul at Greenberg Traurig.
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How FCA Guidance Aligns With Global Cyberattack Measures
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority’s recent guidance on preparing for cyberattacks aligns with the global move by financial regulators to focus on operational resilience, highlighting the importance of proactive strategies and robust resilience frameworks to mitigate disruptions, while observing a disappointing level of engagement by the industry, say Alix Prentice and Grace Ncube at Cadwalader.
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Contractual Drafting Takeaways From Force Majeure Ruling
Lawyers at Cleary discuss the U.K. Supreme Court's recent judgment RTI v. MUR Shipping and its important implications, including how the court approached the apparent tension between certainty and commercial pragmatism, and considerations for the drafting of force majeure clauses going forward.
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Takeaways From Regulators' £61.6M Citigroup Trading Fine
Following the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority’s recent significant fining of Citigroup for its catastrophic trading error, and with more enforcement likely, institutions should update their controls and ensure system warnings do not become routine and therefore disregarded, says Abdulali Jiwaji at Signature Litigation.
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Factors For London Cos. To Consider If Adding US Listings
Recent reports of a continuing valuation gap between London and New York have resulted in some London-listed companies considering U.S. listings to gain an increased investor base, but with various obligations and implications involved in such a move, organizations should consider whether there is a real benefit from trading there, say lawyers at Winston & Strawn.
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Behind The Stagecoach Boundary Fare Dispute Settlement
The Competition Appeal Tribunal's recent rail network boundary fare settlement offers group action practitioners some much-needed guidance as it reduces the number of remaining parties' five-year dispute from two to one, says Mohsin Patel at Factor Risk Management.
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Assessing The Energy Act 2023, Eight Months On
Although much of the detail required to fully implement the Energy Act 2023 remains to be finalized, the scale of change in the energy sector is unprecedented, and with the U.K. prioritizing achieving net-zero, it is likely that developments will continue at pace, say lawyers at Paul Hastings.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Judicial Oversight
The recent conviction of arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa underscores the critical importance of judicial authority in the realm of international arbitration in Spain, and emphasizes that arbitrators must respect the procedural frameworks established by Spanish national courts, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray’s Inn.
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Opinion
Why Timing Makes UK Libor Judgments Controversial
The recent U.K. Court of Appeal decision in the R v. Hayes and Palombo appeal against Libor convictions demonstrates that had U.K. regulators probed with the facts known today, civil claims in all jurisdictions would be dismissed and a decadelong wasted investigation should be put to rest, says Charles Kuhn at Clyde & Co.
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Tips For Orgs Using NDAs In Light Of New UK Legislation
The recent passage of the Victims and Prisoners Act follows a crackdown on the misuse of nondisclosure agreements, but although NDAs are not prohibited and regulators recognize their legitimate justification, organizations relying on them must be able to clearly explain that justification if challenged, say attorneys at Macfarlanes.
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Comparing UK, EU Digital Products Cybersecurity Approaches
New U.K. and EU legislation impose different cybersecurity requirements on manufacturers of connectable products, but despite its higher overall standard and holistic approach, organizations should be aware that compliance with the EU act does not necessarily mean satisfying the U.K. regime, says Christopher Foo at Ropes & Gray.
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Lessons From Epic's Dutch Fine For Unfair Marketing To Kids
Dutch regulators' imposition of a €1.1 million fine on Epic Games for unfair commercial practices targeting children marks a significant moment in the ongoing scrutiny of digital market practices, and follows an increased focus on children's online safety in the U.S. and European Union, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Risks And Promises Of AI In The Financial Services Industry
Generative artificial intelligence has immense potential to revolutionize the financial services industry, but firms considering its use should first prepare to show their customers and the increasingly divided international regulatory community that they can manage the risks inherent to the new technology, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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EU Anti-Greenwashing Guide Analyzed For Fund Managers
Anna Maleva-Otto and Matthew Dow at Schulte Roth explain how the European Securities and Markets Authority’s new guidelines on sustainability-related terms in fund names aim to protect European Union investors from unsubstantiated claims, and how they provide quantifiable criteria for determining which terms can be used to promote their funds.