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Former Serco boss calls for abolition of Serious Fraud Office
Simon Marshall was cleared of fraud last month (Getty Images)
A former Serco executive who was cleared of defrauding taxpayers by hiding millions of pounds in profits has called for the abolition of the white collar crime agency that pursued him.
Simon Marshall, who was acquitted last month, said the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) did not have “anything to do with justice” and should be disbanded.
Marshall was subjected to an eight-year probe by the SFO over allegations Serco hid £12m of profits made from a prison tag contract with the Ministry of Justice between 2011 and 2013.
Marshall says the contract to tag and track prisoners electronically was more profitable than Serco had expected
A former Serco executive who was acquitted of defrauding taxpayers of millions of pounds is calling for the white collar crime agency that led his prosecution to be disbanded.
In the first interview since he was found not guilty at the end of April, Simon Marshall reveals the mental torment he suffered while enduring an eight-year probe by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
Mr Marshall claims that a “statement of facts” which implicated him in the £12m fraud was incorrect. The document was part of a deal Serco struck with the SFO to avoid prosecution in 2019.
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