Serious Fraud Office

(asked on 18th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, on what dates each new prosecution was brought forward by the Serious Fraud Office from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2021; and for each of those prosecutions (a) whether the prosecution was into a corporate or an individual and (a) what the outcome was.


Answered by
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Alex Chalk
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
This question was answered on 28th February 2022

From the 1st of January 2016 to 31st of December 2021, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has brought forward 103 prosecutions as a result of their criminal casework. The table below sets-out how many prosecutions were brought forward in each year, whether they relate to a corporate or an individual, and the final outcome. *

The cases investigated by the SFO are complex and it can take a number of years before any defendant(s) can be charged and a trial scheduled. Information relating to the exact date each investigation began is not readily available and providing this information would incur a disproportionate cost.

Corporate Individual
OutcomeOutcome
Yearguilty pleaDeferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA)DiscontinuedConviction after trialGuilty PleaAcquittedAwaiting TrialTotal
201611 799 27
201712111510131
2018 1115 8
2019 2 12229
202013 1418
202113 1 510
Total411220182622103

*We have used the term ‘brought forward’ to mean the date a charge was instigated against an individual or corporate.Detailed information regarding SFO prosecutions, including the date a charge was instigated can be found on their website: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-cases/

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