The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) acquired the nickname of the Serious Flawed Office in its early years of operation as a unit fighting big financial crime in the 1990s.

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The management of Keydata is still being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

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In the U.K., the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has taken up a type of restorative justice in its penalty of defense contractor BAE.

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The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating the sale of technology firm Autonomy to Hewlett Packard, according to a filing from HP.

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But things fell spectacularly apart for Asil Nadir in September 1990 when the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) raided his management offices in Mayfair.

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Two people have been arrested in the UK following raids in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) inquiry into activities at banknote print firm Securency.

BBC: Two Britons held in raids in Securency inquiry

The payments were discovered during a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation.

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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was given the main responsibility for investigating bribery from July 2004 onwards, but had no extra money or people to do so.

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The UK's commitment has been under scrutiny since the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) dropped its probe into claims that BAE Systems made illegal payments to Saudi officials through a slush fund, claims the company has denied.

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But seldom is it as downright astigmatic as it was on July 30th, when the law lords ruled that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was entitled to submit to blackmail and drop its investigation, in December 2006, into alleged bribery in a Saudi Arabian arms deal.

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