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Friday briefing: The Saudi defence deal revealed in a UK trial

In today’s newsletter: A new investigation into the murky relationship between the UK Ministry of Defence, middle men, and the Saudi royal family

The Guardian - UK

‘Deniable fiddle’: the MoD, Saudi Arabia and a scandal half a century in the making

Revelations about payments by Ministry of Defence are culmination of decades of British deal-making with Saudis

The Guardian - UK

MoD signed £8m deal with firm later alleged to be conduit for secret payments to Saudi prince

Project Arrow contract signed amid scramble to keep on track £1.6bn defence deal and ran until at least 2017

The Guardian - UK

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Two men acquitted of bribing Saudis in huge British defence deal

Jury acquits Jeffrey Cook and John Mason after lawyers argue payments were authorised by UK and Saudi governments

The Guardian - UK

Serious Fraud Office arrests four in raids over failed Liverpool property firm

Signature Group, which bought historic UK buildings, collapsed in 2020 owing investors up to £140m

The Guardian - UK

Extradited Autonomy founder Mike Lynch sues SFO over data request

Tech tycoon awaiting fraud trial in US hires Pallas Partners to bring case against Serious Fraud Office in London

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron’s activities at Greensill a ‘matter of interest’ in wider fraud inquiry

Exclusive: Sources claim SFO has questioned witnesses on ex-PM’s role at scandal-hit firm and its links to Indian conglomerate GFG

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Arrest in airline ‘fake parts’ scandal that grounded hundreds of planes

The Serious Fraud Office has arrested an individual linked with AOG Technics

The Independent UK

Man arrested after London firm accused of supplying fake engine parts to airlines

Firm sold to overseas companies that install airline parts but some UK airlines were also impacted

Evening Standard

Bosses dismissed my concerns, UK arms firm executive tells corruption trial

Mike Paterson gives evidence in trial of two men accused of funnelling corrupt payments to senior Saudis

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers approved £60m payments to Saudi royals to maintain arms deal, court told

Payments allegedly facilitated by senior government and military figures to secure arms contracts for British firms

The Guardian - UK

National Party donors cleared as SFO case crumbles

All charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office over political donations to National and Labour in a milestone case have now been quashed - leaving just one defendant guilty of lying to the SFO.

Newsroom.co.nz

Patisserie Valerie fraud trial will not start until 2026, court told

Serious Fraud Office expects to examine 3m documents relating to collapsed bakery chain and charges against four people

The Guardian - UK

Four charged with fraud over collapse of Patisserie Valerie chain

Serious Fraud Office brings charges against former director and three others after collapse of UK cafe chain in 2019

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The Independent UK

Patisserie Valerie: Four face fraud charges over bakery collapse

Former chief financial officer of Patisserie Holdings, Christopher Marsh, and three others have been charged

The Guardian - UK

Serious Fraud Office drops 10-year corruption inquiry into Kazakh miner ENRC

UK agency also shuts other high-profile cases including Rio Tinto investigation

Newsroom.co.nz

Donations cases back to haunt National, NZ First

As New Zealand First tries to win its way back into Parliament, its controversial fundraising foundation will be back in court at the peak of the general election campaign.

The Independent UK

Former finance firm CEO spared jail after breaching restraint order on assets

Michael Thomson spent money on luxuries – such as a holiday in Italy and a hot tub – while his assets were restrained under court order.

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The Guardian - UK

Battery passports: how a meeting at Davos helped set a car industry standard

Mining groups hope their joint project, ReSource, will have an influence on the global business

The Guardian - UK

Concerns raised over mining companies’ role in battery passport scheme

ERG and Glencore are among founders of ReSource, a proposed joint venture that is also backed by Tesla

The Guardian - UK

Ministers ignored red flags over Covid fraud, says former head of SFO

Exclusive: Sir David Green suggests ‘prudence was thrown out the window’ as UK lost billions of pounds in pandemic business support

The Guardian - UK

Property tycoon Nick Candy locked in legal fight with former business partner

Robert Bonnier has counter-sued against Candy’s claims of fraudulent misrepresentation and global freezing orders

The Independent UK

Fraudster ordered to hand over returned donation he made to independent school

Francis Holland School named its theatre after Achilleas Kallakis following his £250,000 gift, which he made prior to his conviction in 2013.

Evening Standard

Prosecution collapses against ex-G4S directors over offender tagging scandal

The prosecution of three former G4Sexecutives over claims of defrauding the Ministry of Justice has collapsed, in a fresh embarrassment for the Serious Fraud Office.

The Independent UK

Fraud case against three ex-G4S executives collapses

At an Old Bailey hearing before Mr Justice Johnson, the Serious Fraud Office announced it was offering no evidence in the case.

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