U.K. to Probe Prosecutor Over Failures in Oil Bribery Case
- Serious Fraud Office under spotlight after damning ruling
- Judges overturned a conviction in Unaoil bribery case
Serious Fraud Office Director Lisa Osofsky
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The U.K.’s Attorney General will probe the country’s top fraud prosecutor after judges found serious failings in a major bribery investigation.
The government’s chief legal adviser is “deeply concerned” about a ruling published Friday, which criticized the Serious Fraud Office for its relations with a U.S. fixer and for not disclosing key documents. A London appeals court quashed one of the convictions in the Unaoil bribery case because of failings made by the prosecutor.