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London Capital Finance linked UK lawyer struck off April 22, 2026 | Martin Coyle

A lawyer linked to collapsed “Ponzi scheme” London Capital Finance was struck off from practicing law on Wednesday after a legal body found he had purposely backdated loan and financial documents. Robert Sedgw... (more story)

UK fraud agency arrests four in probe into govt-backed energy program April 22, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Four people have been arrested in the UK on fraud allegations, over claims that energy companies were defrauded out of £44 million as part of a suspected conspiracy connected to a government-backed energy prog... (more story)

Ex-Swedbank head's acquittal could alter company communications, prosecutor says April 22, 2026 | Martin Coyle

The overturning of Swedbank head Birgitte Bonnesen's conviction for making misleading statements about the lender's anti-money laundering measures has “surprised” the prosecutor who brought the case against he... (more story)

US House panel approves bill narrowing the Corporate Transparency Act April 21, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A US House of Representatives committee approved legislation that would deeply narrow the scope of an anti-money laundering law that required the beneficial owners of certain companies to identify themselves. ... (more story)

Throw out ENRC's 'flawed' $290m compensation claim, UK fraud agency urges court April 21, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation’s $290 million compensation claim over an abandoned decade-long bribery prosecution is fatally flawed, lawyers for the UK’s fraud prosecutor told a London court on Tuesda... (more story)

Former Swedbank chief's conviction overturned in money-laundering case April 21, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Former Swedbank chief Birgitte Bonnesen has seen her conviction linked to the lender’s involvement in a money-laundering scandal overturned by Sweden’s highest court. She was convicted over comments she made t... (more story)

Leadership change won't herald radical shift in SFO's approach, official says April 21, 2026 | Martin Coyle

The recent surprise departure of the head of the Serious Fraud Office won’t prompt a significant change of policy at the UK enforcer, a senior official has said. Matthew Wagstaff, SFO director of legal service... (more story)

Private credit funds could provide less systemic-risk data under US proposal April 20, 2026 | Neil Roland

US regulators would require less systemic-risk data from private credit funds, which have been struggling of late, as well as from hedge and private equity funds, under a proposal today. Fewer investment advis... (more story)

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Looming plea-deal vote casts cloud over French corporate crime enforcement April 21, 2026 | Martin Coyle

After a decade that has seen France become one of the world’s most dependable enforcers of corporate wrongdoing, lawmakers are threatening to rip up the country’s plea-deal system. If they vote through the cha... (more story)

Latvia eyeing proportionate money laundering regime, watchdog head says April 15, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Eight years after Latvia's major money laundering scandal, the challenge is ensuring tough banking reforms are adhered to without stifling activity in the sector, the head of the country's central authority fo... (more story)

Trial of alleged BTC-e operator faces threat of additional delays in California March 20, 2026 | Mike Swift

Despite a new US executive order directing the Department of Justice to move “swiftly, deliberately, and proactively” to disable cyberthreats and prosecute cybercriminals, the chronically delayed trial of alle... (more story)

Deception, ‘dummy servers’ enabled Supermicro AI diversion scheme, US alleges March 20, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

An alleged scheme to divert billions of dollars’ worth of high-performance Supermicro servers integrated with Nvidia artificial intelligence technology to China involved repeated deceptions of corporate compli... (more story)

US Senate Democrats want more time to target Trump-era corporate corruption March 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A group of Senate Democrats is proposing to extend the statute of limitations for a key anti-bribery law to give future administrations additional time to prosecute Trump-era corporate corruption. Though unlik... (more story)

California businessman to face foreign bribery charge at US investment fraud trial March 11, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A jury in Los Angeles could decide this summer whether a chartered helicopter ride to a Lakers basketball game for a Senegalese government official, paid for with allegedly stolen investor funds as part of a b... (more story)

Lifting of UK sanctions on British accountant could signal the way ahead March 10, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Lawyers representing John Ormerod — a British accountant who became the first UK-based national to be designated by the government over alleged Russian sanctions breaches — said it was too early to say whether... (more story)

Trump cybersecurity order faces test in San Francisco BTC-e trial March 09, 2026 | Mike Swift

A new executive order from the White House says the US will take a hard line with “transnational criminal organizations” that launch ransomware and other cyberattacks. The order from President Donald Trump ins... (more story)