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Barclays sued by DoJ over US$31 billion subprime mortgage-backed securities sales
By Andrew Burnyeat
Online Published Date:
12 January 2017
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
UK clampdown on tax cheat enablers begins
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
12 January 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Rolls-Royce to pay UK£671m over bribery claims, enters DPAs in UK and US
By Keith Nuthall
Online Published Date:
17 January 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Yet to be persuaded – UK government & reform of corporate criminal liability
Timon Molloy (timon.molloy@informa.com), Editor
Online Published Date:
17 January 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Rolls-Royce roll-call of bribery revealed as judge approves DPA
By Keith Nuthall
Online Published Date:
18 January 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Alstom [part 2]: where the trouble began - Switzerland
Robert Maxwell – CEO finINTEL
Solutions Ltd.
Online Published Date:
24 January 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Kroll reports highest ever fraud and risk incidents in 2016
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
24 January 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Over two thirds of countries seen as corrupt in latest TI assessment
More than two thirds of countries rated for public sector
corruption in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index
(CPI) [1] failed to score 50, the halfway point between 0 and 100, with zero
regarded as totally..
Online Published Date:
25 January 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
All wired up – redress for dishonest account transfers
Parham Kouchikali (+44 (0) 20 3060 6189, parham.kouchikali@rpc.co.uk) is a partner at RPC.
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Parry and thrust – active online defence
Automated attack models and the Internet of Things are escalating cyber-risk but defences are also strengthening, finds Mandy Kovacs.Cyber-criminals, emboldened by new technologies, are deploying automation tools to scale up and intensify their..
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Online frontline – bank security
Banks and cybercriminals are locked in a ‘cold war arms race’ with no end in sight – the theft of funds from 9,000 Tesco Bank customers just one more battle lost. Andrew Burnyeat interrogates the present threat set and asks how..
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
How hackers can jackpot an ATM
Alex Mathews is lead security evangelist EMEA for Positive Technologies – a global provider of enterprise security solutions for vulnerability and compliance management, incident and threat analysis, and application protection (www.ptsecurity.com).
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Plotting a course through secrecy offshore
Christopher Smith, a licensed insolvency practitioner, is senior manager with Krys Global in the Cayman Islands. Contact him on +1 345 815 8414 or christopher.smith@krys-global.com.
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Ex-HBOS managers bribed to channel business to restructuring firm
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Cloud cover
The sheer weight of data filling their
servers is driving organisations to look to cloud-based fraud tools able to
scan and analyse it. Andrew Burnyeat
and Kitty So talk to leading
providers.Big data means big money, especially for
telecoms and..
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Rolls-Royce - cooperation not confession unlocks DPA
Alexandra Underwood (+44 (0)207 861 4666, alexandra.underwood@fieldfisher.com) is a partner in the Fraud and Corporate Crime team at Fieldfisher LLP.
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Step inside
Iyad Mourtada CFE, CIA, CMA, CCSA, CRMA, CPLP, CSX, MA is an international speaker, trainer and author with a diverse background in internal auditing, financial management and fraud examination. He is the general manager of OpenThinking, a business training company in Dubai and an authorised ACFE trainer in the UAE. This article is based on his upcoming book ‘The Fraud Examiner Mindset’.
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Travellers’ checks
Cheap flights and last minute deals:
holiday cover starts at home, not with insurance or sunscreen on the beach,
says Mandy Kovacs. Global travel fraud has risen sharply with
the burgeoning number of websitese offering tickets, accommodation,..
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Over-sharing: youth online
Young people, the ‘always on’ generation, in constant contact with each other, would do well to think cyber-crime risk before they post: Mandy Kovacs asks whether they do.“The younger generation has a higher risk of being targeted..
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
On demand – investigating the job market
Curiosity, scepticism, attention to
detail – the essential anti-fraud skills will always be sought, but the
profession is expanding, specialising, which creates new opportunities, finds Alan Osborn.Fraud investigation has come a long way..
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Rebuilding confidence – the mortgage market
Tough regulation and heavy penalties in
the wake of the 2008 financial crisis are bearing down on mortgage application fraud
in both the United States and the United Kingdom but the picture is less
positive elsewhere. Sara Lewis
reports.In the..
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
MEPs agree law to fight €600 billion annual fraud
By Sara Lewis, in
Brussels
Online Published Date:
16 February 2017
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2017 - 09 December 2016
Pay to view – the rise of ransomware
Blackmail and extortion with minimal, if any, risk of apprehension when the victim pays – the tools are available to buy or hire online and a world of pernicious opportunity beckons. Andrew Burnyeat explores the vibrant market for..
Online Published Date:
27 March 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Socially aware – search, find, connect, deceive online
Social media – multiple communication channels permanently open – is, as with so many (all?) technologies, a valuable tool or a new threat, according to whether one is on the right or wrong side of the fraud line. Either way, it cannot..
Online Published Date:
03 April 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
US charges 412 for US$1.3 billion Medicaid fraud
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
31 July 2017
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2017 - 09 December 2016