Ex-FBI lawyer who 'doesn't suffer fools' to run Serious Fraud Office 

Serious Fraud Office
Lisa Osofsky told The Daily Telegraph last year at that the Prime Minister's plan to merge the SFO with the National Crime Agency would give her 'the biggest bang for her buck' Credit: Bob Rendtorff /Alamy

A former FBI lawyer who last year said the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been on a "knife-edge for years" has been named the agency's new boss. 

Lisa Osofsky, who has prosecuted over a hundred cases for the US government and used to work in Goldman Sachs's anti-money laundering team, will become director of the white-collar crime authority in September. 

Her appointment comes a year after Theresa May tried to close the agency and hand its responsibilities over to anti-drug and human trafficking body the National Crime Agency (NCA), dubbed Britain's FBI. 

Ms Osofsky told The Daily Telegraph at the time that the Prime Minister's plan would give her "the biggest bang for her buck" and that the...

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