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Will the UK’s new Crime Act create real opportunities to prosecute fraud?

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There is concern that senior managers may now find themselves under considerably greater personal and professional pressure.

Since June this year, a UK company or partnership can be convicted of a criminal offense committed by one of its senior managers, provided that the manager was acting within the actual or apparent scope of their authority.

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (CPA) extends the statutory “senior manager”ECCTA

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