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OPINION: In defense of the UK’s head of Serious Fraud Office: I can both “confirm and deny”

Nick Ephgrave, director of SFO.
Nick Ephgrave, director of SFO. Photo: SFO
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Tony McClements | MKS Law

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Criticism of SFO’s current chief Nick Ephgrave says more about the critics than him, writes Tony McClements.

An excellent interview in The Guardian recently with the head of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Nick Ephgrave, appears to have ruffled the feathers of at least one former SFO director.

In the piece, Ephgrave revealed that his role comes with the power to provide immunity to suspects

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