Petrofac to fundraise £200million to pay for SFO bribery settlement
Petrofac (LON: PFC) has announced a £200million fundraise through share placing in order to help pay a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) fine for bribery offences.
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End of Petrofac investigation will unlock ‘lucrative’ Saudi and UAE markets
An investigation into allegations of bribery at Petrofac, which wrapped up yesterday, “will unlock the lucrative” Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) markets.
Petrofac fined £77 million for failing to prevent bribery
Petrofac (LSE: PFC - 192.4p) has been ordered to pay £77 million over seven separate counts of failure to prevent bribery between 2011 and 2017.
Petrofac and Serious Fraud Office fight over fine after guilty bribery plea
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said Petrofac should face a $209million (£154m) fine for pleading guilty to seven bribery offenses, about double what the company said it can afford at a London court hearing.
Updated: Petrofac charged with seven separate offences of failing to prevent bribery, intends to plead guilty
Energy services giant Petrofac has been charged with seven separate offences of failing to prevent bribery between 2011 and 2017.
Updated: Shares in Wood dip after forecasted drop in revenue, firm expects bribery cases to conclude in June
Shares in energy services giant Wood have dipped after the company projected a revenue drop in the first half of the year.
Former Unaoil executive ordered to pay £402k in confiscation
A former Unaoil executive has been ordered to pay almost half a million pounds in confiscation or face more time behind bars.
US charges four in Chadian bribery case
The US has charged two former Chadian diplomats with international bribery and money laundering.
Petrofac: Asfari takes pay cut in final year as CEO
Former Petrofac CEO Ayman Asfari took a double-digit percentage pay cut in 2020, a year blighted by Covid, loss of work and an ongoing SFO investigation.
Wood earmarks $196million for bribery case settlements, agrees deal with Scottish authorities
Wood, the Aberdeen-headquartered energy services giant, has earmarked $196million in order to settle bribery cases with authorities in the US, Brazil and the UK.
Former senior Petrofac boss pleads guilty to further bribery charges
A former senior boss at Petrofac has pleaded guilty to further charges of bribery in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation related to contract wins worth billions of dollars.
SFO secures £1.2million from owner of luxury London home who bribed Petrobras
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.2million from the owner of a luxury London apartment bought after bribing Brazilian state oil firm Petrobras.
Former Unaoil boss jailed for bribes to win $1.7bn contracts in war-torn Iraq
A former Unaoil executive has been jailed for more than three years for paying bribes to win $1.7bn of contracts in post-occupation Iraq.
Aberdeen oil boss bribery case ‘straddled lockdown like no other’ says SFO chief
The head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said a case that saw the conviction of an Aberdeen oil man for bribery “straddled the lockdown period like no other”.
Aberdeen man found guilty of conspiracy by Serious Fraud Office in Unaoil bribery case
An Aberdeen man has been found guilty of conspiracy to give corrupt payments in a Unaoil bribery case that has rumbled on for more than four years.
Greenergy released from Serious Fraud Office biodiesel investigation
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has released road fuel supplier Greenergy from its investigation with Dutch authorities into biodiesel trading.
Solar panel scammers ordered to pay victims back over £400,000
Two men who scammed millions of pounds from 760 vulnerable victims in a fraudulent solar panel scheme were yesterday ordered to pay confiscation totalling more than £400,00.
Updated: Petrofac ‘well positioned’ for 2019 amid first-half profit
Energy services firm Petrofac said it was “well positioned” for the remainder of 2019, but warned of a drop in revenues ahead.
Four Petrofac executives named in bribery case
Senior managers at oil services firm Petrofac have been named by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in conjunction with a bribery case involving the organisation.
Director in hot water over investigation into Kazakhstan energy firm facing UK corruption charges
The director of a firm connected to a Kazakhstan-headquartered energy firm is facing charges connected to a corruption investigation in the UK.
Serious Fraud Office opens investigation into IOG backer
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an investigation into London Capital and Finance, which funds the primary backer of Independent Oil and Gas (IOG).