SFO to consider News Corp probe

Source: Spenborough Guardian

SFO to consider News Corp probe

Published on Mon Jul 18 17:52:28 BST 2011

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to give "full consideration" to calls for it to launch an investigation into Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, a spokeswoman has said.

Labour MP Tom Watson wrote to the SFO asking it to carry out an inquiry into out-of-court settlements made with victims of News of the World phone hacking.

The agency, which investigates and prosecutes the most serious cases of fraud and corruption, confirmed it had received the letter and was considering the request.

Mr Watson wrote to SFO director Richard Alderman asking him to investigate possible breaches of company law by News Corp's UK newspapers division, News International, over the payments to victims made after the original phone hacking scandal broke in 2006, Channel 4 News reported.

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Sean Hoare had a substance abuse problem. Easy peasy.

:shrug:

-Hoot

No one can be trusted with this probe.

I'm even starting to think that the Queen might have to intervene and dissolve Parliament because of the ties the Government had to this scandal.