UIB responds to SFO court case decision
United Insurance Brokers Limited has responded to the Serious Fraud Office’s decision to bring a case of failing to prevent international bribery with the charges to be heard at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 7 May.
The SFO announced the move on 17 April and if the case proceeds to a contested trial, it will be the first time that an SFO “failure to prevent bribery” case is heard by a jury.
RelatedSFO accuses United Insurance Brokers of failing to prevent international briberyThe Serious Fraud Office has accused United Insurance Brokers Limited of failing to prevent international bribery and representatives of the company will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 7 May to face the
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