SFO CHARGES FORMER SERCO DIRECTORS WITH FRAUD, DESPITE DPA
December 1st, 2019
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged two former directors of British public services contractor Serco with fraud and false accounting over dishonesty operating an offender tagging contract, despite agreeing a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the company itself in July. Nicholas Woods, former finance director of the Serco Home Affairs division, and Simon Marshall, former operations director of field services within Serco, are charged with fraud and false accounting between 2011 and 2013 on a contract with the UK ministry of justice (MoJ) for ...
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