Second, on 6 October 2008, the UK's
Serious Fraud Office (SFO), in a case the SFO was investigating for evidence of foreign bribery, announced that it had reached a # 2.25 m (US$ 3.9 m) settlement with major construction firm Balfour Beatty plc for alleged unlawful
accounting in connection with certain «payment
irregularities» which it self - reported.