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16 Nov 2011
QUESTIONABLE ACCOUNTING at embattled camera maker Olympus has attracted the attention of the UK Serious Fraud Office.
The SFO is the latest prosecutor to launch a formal inquiry, The Financial Times reports, after the Japanese Financial Services Agency last week confirmed it will investigate the scandal.
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Suspect payments were uncovered when new chief executive Michael Woodford demanded answers from the board, prompting his immediate dismissal.
More than $1bn (£630m) advisor fees were paid during the $2.2bn acquisition of medial equipment company Gyrus in 2008, a figure far in excess of the 1% that would normally be levied.
Olympus has admitted it has used acquisitions payments to smooth investment losses since the 1990s, and its shares have lost two-thirds of their value in recent weeks.
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