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Former CFO and three others charged with fraud over collapse of Patisserie Valerie

A woman walks past Patisserie Valerie in the Soho area of the City of Westminster
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The Serious Fraud Office has charged four people with fraud in connection to the collapse of the UK bakery chain in 2018.

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has brought fraud charges against four individuals, including a former director, who oversaw the financial failure of a chain of almost 200 high street bakeries.

After a five-year investigation codenamed Operation Venom, the SFO said it had charged former director and Chief Financial Officer of