Of the group's 12 MEPs elected at the last Euro-election, one was subsequently jailed for fraud and another has been charged with false accounting and money laundering (which he denies).
In case the criminal law is violated, criminal liability shall be investigated in accordance with the provisions of the criminal law on the crime of swindle or other crimes.
For instance, in 2002 NPR interviewed Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar, who later went to prison for securities fraud, about his company's auditing practices.