Serious Fraud Office drops trial of three former G4S executives accused of defrauding Justice Department over prisoner tagging contract
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped a trial against three former G4S executives accused of defrauding the Justice Department over a contract to tag prisoners.
Richard Morris, Mark Preston and James Jardine were set to stand trial in 2024.
They were charged with seven counts of fraud in connection with alleged false statements made to the Justice Department between 2009 and 2012.
Trial: Richard Morris, Mark Preston and James Jardine would go to court in 2024
But the prosecution said the SFO offered no evidence against them.
The three all worked in the security company’s healthcare and justice business.
They were due to go on trial next year — 10 years after the SFO began its investigation.
In 2020, the SFO and G4S agreed a £44 million deal to settle three fraud offenses between 2011 and 2012, with G4S taking responsibility for misleading the government about the true size of the profit it earned from a contract for tagging prisoners, including for tagging offenders who have died.