This forum's least favourite journalist has written to confirm that the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to carry out a "thorough examination" of potential bribery allegations concerning the signing of the 2013 Concorde Agreement. This follows a formal complaint from the Chairman of the House of Common's Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee into how certain payments are or will be paid to certain teams, payments to the FIA and also how certain teams have privileged voting rights over certain matters.
Mind you, based on past experience , all the current participants could have left this mortal coil by the time that the SFO has finished it's deliberations, and it's track record both in the courts and prior negotiations leave a lot to be desired. They could learn a lot from the American corporate justice system.
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