Ex-SFO boss blasted over payouts

The former director of the Serious Fraud Office showed "a disregard for the proper use of taxpayers' money" in agreeing severance packages worth a total of around £1 million for three senior staff without securing necessary approval, Westminster's spending watchdog has found.

In a scathing report, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, said that "a catalogue of errors and poor judgment" by Richard Alderman had undermined the SFO's reputation and damaged the morale of its staff.
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