Probe was part of a larger 10-year investigation into corruption at ENRC

A British lawyer, William Osmond, was found guilty of “tipping off” his client about a money laundering investigation that was being conducted by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The case was part of a larger 10-year probe into allegations of corruption against Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC (ENRC), a public Kazakh mining company. Its offices are headquartered in London. 

The 10-year investigation was abruptly dropped this past August. It focused on allegations of bribery and fraud relating to ENRC’s acquisition of mining contracts in Africa.