United Kingdom: Share Options Corporate
Fraud Mondaq Business Briefing - 9/6/2006 - LENGTH: 4671
words
Article by SallyRamage * The backdating of share option grants by
public companies may possibly have occurred in thousands of companies in the
USA, UK and elsewhere. In the United States, several dozen companies have
received inquiries from the SEC or they may have received grand jury
subpoenas from the...
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United Kingdom: The Role And Power Of
Regulators In UK, France, Germany And The U.S Mondaq Business Briefing - 9/15/2006 - LENGTH: 368
words
REGULATOR FRANCE - AMF GERMANY - BaFin US- SEC UK- FSA
1.Guided by underlying policy considerations? Yes Yes Yes Yes 2.Obligation to
self-report regulatory breaches?
No No Yes Yes 3.Entitled to prosecute criminal offences?
No No Yes Yes 4.Order compensation for those suffering loss as a result of
regulatory...
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United Kingdom: Bank Capital Requirements
Compliance - is Mathematical Modelling Being Used to Hoodwink Regulators? Mondaq Business Briefing - 8/14/2006 -
LENGTH: 1267 words
Operations risk modelling is becoming more important.
Different models allow correlations and applications for finance. Modelling
has value for finance, especially institutions and INSURANCE COMPANIES. Where
is operation risk modelling in this area of finance and insurance? It is used
in banks to control Capital Requirement. The challenges...
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United Kingdom: The Gamblers' Predicament
- Part One Mondaq Business Briefing - 10/4/2006 - LENGTH: 1347
words
Gambling in its varied forms is a deeply-rooted
characteristic of the human race which, although a source of pleasure for
many and not inherently immoral, can cause harm to individuals and to society
through immoderate indulgence. To protect society and children, governments
to various countries, have interefered from...
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United Kingdom: British Businesses Beware!
Digital Evidence is Coming to a Courtroom Near You! Mondaq Business Briefing - 8/7/2006 - LENGTH: 2735
words
This is the type of digital evidence report that is valid
in a court of law and which can be used in court, the digital evidence expert
having used such scrupulous procedures, that his report is utterly valid and
carries great weight .. Developments worldwide have made it simple...
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United Kingdom: "Ever Sailing Close
to The Wind in The US and The UK" Mondaq Business Briefing - 7/21/2006 -
LENGTH: 2870 words
Serious transnational organized criminals are always on
the alert for prospective places to hide and secure their proceeds. Offshore
havens have been the harbour of choice for these criminals, as well as for
businesspersons who evade taxes. Analysis of several case studies of
grand-scale fraud, smaller scale frauds2...
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United Kingdom: The 2003 United States -
United Kingdom Income Tax Treaty- Kicking In Mondaq Business Briefing - 9/29/2006 -
LENGTH: 4495 words
With recent news such as "Britain's Serious Organised
Crimes Agency has identified the top 130 crime barons it wants to put out of
business. The SOCA has narrowed down an original list of more than 1000 names
to pinpoint its targets", and "US wins fast-track rights in fraud
case- The...
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United Kingdom: Compare USA Law On Fraud,
Title 18 With UK Fraud Bill 2006 - Continued Mondaq Business Briefing - 7/25/2006 -
LENGTH: 6745 words
6.Possession etc. of articles for use in frauds (1) A
person is guilty of an offence if he has in his possession or under his
control, any article for use in the course of or in connection with any
fraud. (2) A person guilty of an offence under this section...
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United Kingdom: Compare USA Law On Fraud,
Title 18 With UK Fraud Bill 2006 Mondaq Business Briefing - 7/25/2006 -
LENGTH: 6969 words
A look at the United Kingdom Fraud Bill 2006 compared to
some sections of the Unites States Fraud Law, Title 18. USA PENAL CODE TITLE
18- FRAUD OFFENCES UK FRAUD BILL TITLE 18 - PART I -CHAPTER 47 - section 1031
Section 1031. Major fraud against the United States (a) Whoever knowingly
executes, or attempts to execute,...
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The Consolidation of the Russian Oil and
Gas Market - Year 2006 - Sally Ramage - 2/14/2006 - 2357 words By SallyRamage( TM)1 One of the most important
challenges for economic policy is the process of globalisation and
traditional governance concepts based on sovereign nation -states. This is
the reason why alternative modes of governance such as network governance are
called into question. This analysis reveals self -interested2,...
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The Consolidation of the Russian Oil and
Gas Market - Year 2006 - Sally Ramage - 2/7/2006 - 2357 words By SallyRamage( TM)1 One of the most important challenges
for economic policy is the process of globalisation and traditional
governance concepts based on sovereign nation -states. This is the reason why
alternative modes of governance such as network governance are called into
question. This analysis reveals self -interested2,...
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United Kingdom: Share Options Corporate
Fraud Mondaq Business Briefing - 9/6/2006 - 4671 words Article by SallyRamage * The
backdating of share option grants by public companies may possibly have
occurred in thousands of companies in the USA, UK and elsewhere. In the
United States, several dozen companies have received inquiries from the SEC
or they may have received grand jury subpoenas from...
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United Kingdom: The Role And Power Of
Regulators In UK, France, Germany And The U.S Mondaq Business Briefing - 9/15/2006 - 368 words REGULATOR FRANCE - AMF GERMANY - BaFin US- SEC UK- FSA
1.Guided by underlying policy considerations? Yes Yes Yes Yes 2.Obligation to
self-report regulatory breaches? No No Yes Yes 3.Entitled to prosecute
criminal offences? No No Yes Yes 4.Order compensation for those suffering
loss as a result of regulatory breaches? No...
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United Kingdom: The Ex-Chief Executive
Officer of ENRON Mondaq Business Briefing - 7/13/2006 - 907 words The news that Mr Ken Lay died on the 6th July 2006 has changed
none of the financial misdemeanours that occurred at ENRON. There are
hundreds of newspaper reports of the ENRON debacle but the heinous crimes
that Mr Lay himself perpetrated of his own accord must be simply
translated...
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United Kingdom: "Oh, What A Tangled
Web We Weave, When First We Practice to Deceive!" Mondaq Business Briefing - 7/13/2006 - 938 words Fraudulent evasion of duty; 'in the matter of Turnstem Ltd sub
nom HarishBhanderi v Customs & Excise Commissioners (2004) EWHC1765 (Ch).
The Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 creates several overlapping
offences of fraudulent evasion of duty, "duty" being VAT chargeable
on the importation of goods, "goods" being as per the...
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United Kingdom: Bank Capital Requirements
Compliance - is Mathematical Modelling Being Used to Hoodwink Regulators? Mondaq Business Briefing - 8/14/2006 - 1267 words Operations risk modelling is becoming more important.
Different models allow correlations and applications for finance. Modelling
has value for finance, especially institutions and INSURANCE COMPANIES. Where
is operation risk modelling in this area of finance and insurance? It is used
in banks to control Capital Requirement. The challenges are...
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Whistle-Blowing - Doing The Right Thing -
Sally Ramage - 10/1/2004 - 1385 words The Public Disclosure Act 1998 protects individuals who make
certain disclosures of information in the public interest. It protects them
from victimisation. It protects workers who are employees and also protects
persons who " (a) work or worked for a person in circumstances in which
- he is or was introduced or...
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Whistle-Blowing - Doing The Right Thing -
Sally Ramage - 10/1/2004 - 1385 words The Public Disclosure Act 1998 protects individuals who make
certain disclosures of information in the public interest. It protects them
from victimisation. It protects workers who are employees and also protects
persons who " (a) work or worked for a person in circumstances in which
- he is or was introduced or...
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United Kingdom: Conflicts Of Laws In The
United Kingdom Mondaq Business Briefing - 7/13/2006 - 1154 words Cases- Turner v State of Louisiana 379 US 466-3 [1964] Pointer
v Texas 380 US 400 [1965]. Somchai Liangsiripraseri, v United States
Government et al [1990] 2 All ER 806, Re State of Norway's Applications (No
1) [1987] QB 433 and No 2 [1989]1 All ER 701 Statutes - Foreign Tribunals
Evidence Act 1856 Offences Against The Person Act 1861 Extradition Act 1870 Aviation
Security Act 1982 Taking of...
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United Kingdom: Follow the Money in Online
Gambling Mondaq Business Briefing - 7/18/2006 - 1298 words David Carruthers, chief executive of BetOnSports Plc was
detained by United States federal authorities while changing flights in the
U.S. This news caused the company's share price to fall steeply from £150 to
£117, losing nearly 22% of its share price. The company shares of Partygaming
and Sportingbet also fell. These British...
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Document Destruction in Business - Sally
Ramage - 6/24/2005 - 1391 words Being deeply involved with the figures as accountants can
often lead us to miss the importance of the very documents we use to get to
the accounts we deal with. When things go wrong, contemporary documents are
of the utmost value. It is to documents that the lawyers look...
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The Serious Fraud Office - Sally Ramage - 9/16/2004 - 1409 words The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) came into being in April 1988.
At the same time every fraud squad in the United Kingdom became part of what
is now known as the Fraud Investigation Group (FIG) and the FIG works under
the Crown Prosecution Service. These fraud squads are policed by...
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The Serious Fraud Office - Sally Ramage - 9/16/2004 - 1409 words The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) came into being in April 1988.
At the same time every fraud squad in the United Kingdom became part of what
is now known as the Fraud Investigation Group (FIG) and the FIG works under
the Crown Prosecution Service. These fraud squads are policed by...
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United Kingdom: The Gamblers' Predicament
- Part One Mondaq Business Briefing - 10/4/2006 - 1347 words Gambling in its varied forms is a deeply-rooted characteristic
of the human race which, although a source of pleasure for many and not
inherently immoral, can cause harm to individuals and to society through
immoderate indulgence. To protect society and children, governments to
various countries, have interefered from time...
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The Mind and Culpability of Fraudsters -
Sally Ramage - 8/2/2005 - 1836 words Crime Throughout The Ages Fraud has been with us and recorded
even since the time of the Magna Carta when records survive which show that
in those days of serfdom, the law imposed limits to the oppression of serfs
by their lords. There was a Sanctuary Act 1623, which prohibited...
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An International Perspective Of Fraud
Including Bribery And Corruption - Part 3 - Sally Ramage - 10/4/2005 - 2182 words France has an Audit Court, like the UK's National Audit
Office, which monitors the use of public funds by public institutions and
public enterprises. France also has a Banking Commission, which is
responsible for overseeing 2,600 financial establishments. France also has a
stock exchange watchdog, the Commission des operations de...
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The Consolidation of the Russian Oil and
Gas Market - Year 2006. Mondaq Business Briefing - 2/3/2006 - 2295 words By SallyRamage[ TM]1 One of the most important
challenges for economic policy is the process of globalisation and
traditional governance concepts based on sovereign nation-states. This is the
reason why alternative modes of governance such as network governance are
called into question. This analysis reveals self-interested2, strategically
behaving...
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International Co-Operation in Civil and
Criminal Matters - Sally Ramage - 2/15/2005 - 2219 words A country can request that a UK citizen be extradited to that
country to stand trial for fraud and other criminal matters as long as the
alleged offence is a crime in both countries and carries a prison sentence of
more than one year. It is now well known...
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An International Perspective of Fraud
Including Bribery and Corruption - Part 2 - Sally Ramage - 10/4/2005 - 4066 words Mutual Legal Assistance The United Nations had taken a number
of steps to promote international action in the field of mutual assistance
and one of these is a Model Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
to be used as a basis in future negotiations between its Member States....
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Insolvency and Creditors - Sally Ramage - 6/14/2005 - 2524 words The first English bankruptcy statute was in 1542. Throughout
these early bankruptcy times, bankrupts were mostly seen as evasive and
fraudulent and the legislation contained severe penalties; there was no
discharge from bankruptcy until 1705. Yet, things got worse and some
bankrupts were bankrupted at several bankruptcies. The 1705 law to include...
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United Kingdom: British Businesses Beware!
Digital Evidence is Coming to a Courtroom Near You! Mondaq Business Briefing - 8/7/2006 - 2735 words This is the type of digital evidence report that is valid in a
court of law and which can be used in court, the digital evidence expert
having used such scrupulous procedures, that his report is utterly valid and
carries great weight .. Developments worldwide have made it simple to...
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United Kingdom: Ethics - Coming to a Place
Near You Mondaq Business Briefing - 4/13/2006 - 2482 words Keble College, University of Oxford was the setting for a
low-key World Ethics Forum from 9th to 12th April 2006. This was a forum paid
for mainly by four organisations in almost equal shares, namely the United
Kingdom's DFID1, The World Bank, USAID and AusAid. Most of the funding was...
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Hard-Core Cartels, the USA , the EU and
Developing Countries - Sally Ramage - 8/2/2005 - 2836 words Introduction Explicit price-fixing or market division
agreements are known as "hard core" cartels among private producers
from multiple countries. These agreements are illegal in the U.S. and the
European Union and are prosecuted by the competition policy authorities in
these countries and also in some developing countries where lack...
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The Fraud Offence - Sally Ramage - 10/1/2004 - 2821 words Abstract The Home Office consultation "Fraud Law
Reform", first published in May 2004, aims for the first time to create
a clear offence of fraud in English law. Under the proposals the new offence
would be based on misrepresentation, non -disclosure and abuse of trust.
There would also be an...
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United Kingdom: "Ever Sailing Close
to The Wind in The US and The UK" Mondaq Business Briefing - 7/21/2006 - 2870 words Serious transnational organized criminals are always on the
alert for prospective places to hide and secure their proceeds. Offshore
havens have been the harbour of choice for these criminals, as well as for
businesspersons who evade taxes. Analysis of several case studies of
grand-scale fraud, smaller scale frauds2 and...
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An International Perspective of Fraud
Including Bribery and Corruption - Part 1 - Sally Ramage - 10/4/2005 - 3284 words Bribery and Corruption as serious fraud Throughout the world,
bribery and corruption is classed as serious fraud, so much so, that there
are many international conventions on Bribery and Corruption. Examples of
bribery and corruption are active bribery, passive bribery, embezzlement or
misappropriation of public funds, trading in influence,...
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The Culpability of Fraudsters - Sally
Ramage - 10/24/2005 - 7191 words Table of STATUTES (UK) Criminal Justice Act 1987 Financial
Services Act 1986 Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 Proceeds of Crime
Act 1995 Table of CASES (UK) Parsons v State 1886 81 Ala.5572 So 854 R v
Clive Smith 2001 unreported R v Freeman & Hodgekinson 2003 unreported R v
Mitchell, Kirkup and others 2004 19/08/2005 Rv Saunders 1986 unreported R
v...
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Are the EC Directives Disregarding the
Really Urgent Issues to Settle for Busier, Less Controversial Matters? -
Sally Ramage - 3/24/2005 - 3925 words An Open Letter To The European Commission Dear Sirs, The
Treaty governing the use of Outer Space 1967 It has been asserted that the
European Commission's harmonization measures that now cover areas such as
formation of companies, distribution to shareholders, new issues of shares,
mergers, accounting, auditing, mandatory disclosures, insider...
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Music Performers and Their Protection -
Who Owns the Intellectual Property Rights? - Sally Ramage - 7/18/2005 - 3885 words (This paper was presented at New Hall, Cambridge University,
IP Workshop on Monday 27th June 2005). Introduction From antiquity, possibly
before even speech actually took place, humans used songs, often accompanied
by rhythmic movements of the body or by some musical instruments, to convey a
message that could otherwise not...
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UK Pornography Today - Sally Ramage - 11/25/2005 - 4288 words Paper presented at Canada/New Zealand Conference, University
of Kent, 12th April 2005 Introduction Article 10 of the United Kingdom's
Human Rights Act 1998, "Freedom of Expression", gives the right to
give and receive information to and from each other, by guaranteeing the
right to hold and express opinions and ideas. Censorship of...
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United Kingdom: The 2003 United States -
United Kingdom Income Tax Treaty- Kicking In Mondaq Business Briefing - 9/29/2006 - 4495 words With recent news such as "Britain's Serious Organised
Crimes Agency has identified the top 130 crime barons it wants to put out of
business. The SOCA has narrowed down an original list of more than 1000 names
to pinpoint its targets", and "US wins fast-track rights in fraud
case- The United...
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UK Fraud - An Examination - Sally Ramage - 3/24/2005 - 4760 words Abstract This work explores the concept of serious fraud in
England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It will explain the concept of fraud
with the emphasis being on the fraud, economic crime of white-collar crime,
that is, financial fraud. It will look at how the UK combats serious frauds,
what...
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"The European Company Statute - How
will it better protect minority shareholders?" - Sally Ramage - 1/31/2005 - 4646 words Abstract This article examines the European Company Statute
which came into force on 8th October 2004 with an analysis of minority shareholders
rights under this new statute compared with the present company law in three
major member states. There is a common perception that different legal
systems have different levels...
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