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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rob Evans and David Pegg

Serious Fraud Office chief found to have made errors over major corruption trial

Lisa Osofsky
Lisa Osofsky conceded it was a ‘sobering’ review of the SFO’s performance. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

Britain’s most senior anti-bribery prosecutor has been personally criticised in an independent review that examined flaws in a major corruption trial.

Lisa Osofsky, the director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), was judged to have made a “number of mistakes and misjudgments” in her handling of a prosecution which has ultimately resulted in the convictions of two businessmen being overturned.

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