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Entain has announced that it is in deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) negotiations with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and is working towards achieving a resolution of the ongoing HMRC investigation.<\/p>\nEntain has announced that it is in deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) negotiations with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and is working towards achieving a resolution of the ongoing HMRC investigation.<\/p>\n
As previously disclosed, on 28 November 2019, Entain Holdings (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, received a production order from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) requiring it to provide information relating to the Group\u2019s former Turkish-facing online betting and gaming business, which it held from 2011 until it was sold in 2017.\u00a0 At that time, the Group understood that HMRC\u2019s investigation was directed at a number of former third-party suppliers, relating to the processing of payments for online betting and gaming in Turkey.\u00a0 On 21 July 2020, the Company announced that HMRC was widening the scope of its investigation and was examining potential corporate offending by an entity (or entities) within the Group.<\/p>\n
The offences under investigation include, but are not limited to, section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010.<\/p>\n
The Company understands that the HMRC investigation, which is ongoing, includes a review of its former Turkish-facing business and acknowledges that historical misconduct involving former third party suppliers and former employees of the Group may have occurred.<\/p>\n
The Group continues to co-operate fully with HMRC and the CPS.<\/p>\n
It is not possible at this stage to say how the investigation into the Company will conclude.\u00a0 Whilst prosecution of a Group entity or entities, which may defend the action successfully or be convicted, remains a possibility, the Group is seeking to conclude DPA negotiations with the CPS. Negotiations remain ongoing and any resolution would be subject to judicial approval.<\/p>\n
While the Company cannot say at this stage what the consequences of the investigation will be, it is likely that they will include a substantial financial penalty which is yet to be determined.\u00a0 The Company cannot identify reliably at this stage the size of any financial penalty.<\/p>\n
Since the investigation first commenced, the Group has undertaken a comprehensive review of anti-bribery policies and procedures and has taken action to strengthen its wider compliance programme and related controls.<\/p>\n
Whilst the discussions with the CPS remain ongoing, the Board is content with progress to date and looks forward to pursuing an orderly conclusion to this matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Entain has announced that it is in deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) negotiations with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and is working towards achieving a resolution of the ongoing HMRC investigation. As previously disclosed, on 28 November 2019, Entain Holdings (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, received a production order from HM Revenue & Customs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-headlines","category-igaming","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"\n