The SFO has opened a criminal investigation into “allegations of fraudulent conduct in the foreign exchange market”. The SFO will cooperate with the FCA and the US Department of Justice, which announced its own criminal  probe in October 2013. http://goo.gl/eahCeT

28 April 2014 – The Director of the SFO has opened a criminal investigation into possible money laundering arising from suspicions of corruption in Ukraine. The SFO has obtained a restraint order freezing approximately $23m of assets in the UK in connection with this case. For reasons of confidentiality the SFO said no more. Notes […]