It was announced today that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has reached a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Airline Services Limited (ASL).[1] The DPA still remains subject to final court approval, which will be sought at a hearing at Southwark Crown Court (sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice) on 30 October 2020.

It was announced on Wednesday that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has recovered half a million pounds worth of jewellery from a safe deposit box under the listed asset provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). The forfeiture is part of a civil recovery investigation arising from the Birmingham Mortgage Fraud case: a £50 million fraud investigation/prosecution that began in March 2006.[1]