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Former SBM Offshore exec Bond to appeal UK bribery sentence, stalling SFO-Unaoil review

By Annie Robertson and Martin Coyle
  • 05 Mar 2021 11:25
  • 05 Mar 2021 11:25
Former SBM Offshore executive Paul Bond will appeal his sentence following his bribery conviction by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office, his lawyer has said.

The lodging of the appeal is likely to further delay an internal investigation by the agency into its head Lisa Osofsky’s handling of the case.

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Martin Coyle

Senior Correspondent


Martin Coyle is a senior correspondent, based in MLex's London office, reporting daily on bribery and corruption issues in the UK and Europe. Previously he was a senior editor at Thomson Reuters where he covered anti-money laundering, financial crime and regulatory enforcement issues. Prior to that he was editor of The Accountant, the world's oldest accounting publication, and International Accounting Bulletin, a bi-monthly business journal owned by Lafferty.

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