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Data analytics in the investigation process
Matty Pleumeekers MSc RE CFE ACDA (+31 (0)6 50 897 114, info@mpanalytics.nl) is a data analyst with extensive internal control, financial and IT audit experience, who works with companies to manage their business and fraud risks.
Online Published Date:
31 July 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
UK DPAs – what future?
Neil Williams (+44 (0)203 910 4566, neil.williams@rahmanravelli.co.uk)
is legal director at Rahman Ravelli.
Online Published Date:
05 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
UK Serious Fraud Office issues deferred prosecution guidance for corporates
Companies considering whether to cooperate with the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in a bid to avoid prosecution have a clearer idea of the agency’s expectations with publication of new guidance on 6 August [2019]. [1]A deferred prosecution agreement..
Online Published Date:
07 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Five million UK investors at risk of pension fraud, say regulators
In a survey of UK pension savers, for the Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulator, 42%, equivalent to five million across the population, proved vulnerable to at least one of the techniques used by fraudsters. Investors who considered..
Online Published Date:
07 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
UK high street banks set payee confirmation deadline by regulator
The UK’s six majorbanking groups have been instructed to fully implement new ‘Confirmation of
Payee’ (CoP) rules by 31 March 2020 to reduce the threat of fraudulent
activity.The country’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) says
it has issued a..
Online Published Date:
12 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Spectre of privilege issues looms large in SFO's corporate cooperation guidance
Nathan Capone (+44 (0)20 7861 4193, nathan.capone@fieldfisher.com) is a Director and Alexandra Hulme (+44 (0)207 861 4978, alexandra.hulme@fieldfisher.com) a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team at Fieldfisher.
Online Published Date:
12 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Taste test for real Scotch isn’t tongue in cheek
By Sarah Gibbons
Online Published Date:
13 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
UK fraud reporting centre staff ridiculed victims – insider story
Staff at the UK Action Fraud helpline centre mocked and misled victims, The Times has revealed. [1]An undercover reporter found that frontline employees were often school-leavers with two weeks' training; covert filming showed some asleep on the..
Online Published Date:
20 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
General Electric accused of US$38 billion accounting fraud
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
23 August 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
EU eyes sanctions for member state misspending
By
Sara Lewis, in Brussels
Online Published Date:
02 September 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
UK banks consider transaction levy to fund fraud compensation
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
05 September 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
On the front foot online – OSINT toolkit
With more than 5.48 billion [1] pages on the internet, investigators have a wealth of material at their fingertips to help trace fraudsters and link target individuals, objects, locations and events. Thankfully, finds Sarah Gibbons, there are also..
Online Published Date:
09 September 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Cum-ex tax fraud trial begins in Germany
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
12 September 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Google pays €945 million in French tax fraud settlement
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
19 September 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Symbiotics – next generation fraud detection
Biometric changes unnoticed by the human eye may now be processed in near real-time, promising to tip the advantage from the dishonest back to those charged with finding and stopping them. Sarah Gibbons is impressed by some of the latest tools for..
Online Published Date:
23 September 2019
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October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Over one in five pay bribes for public services in Latin America
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
26 September 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Fullz rush in: shielding customer data from cybercriminals
Ryan Smith (www.armor.com/blog/author/rsmith/)
is VP Product Management, Armor.
Online Published Date:
01 October 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Coordinated campaign – the rise of networked cybercrime
Stephen Topliss (www.threatmetrix.com/digital-identity-blog/author/stephen-topliss/)
is vice president, fraud and identity, LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
Online Published Date:
01 October 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
SFO tackles misappropriated ‘ethical investment’
Maria Theodoulou (+44 (0)208 558 8884, mtheodoulou@stokoepartnership.com) is a partner
andspecialist in all types of criminal defence matters at Stokoe
Partnership Solicitors.
Online Published Date:
02 October 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Speed to market – the race for online security without inconvenience
The ‘always on’ generation expect theirfinancial services providers to operate as fast and seamlessly as their social
media accounts. Technologists are hard at work on real-time fraud controls that
the legitimate customer will barely notice. Sarah..
Online Published Date:
02 October 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Fighting cheque fraud in the 21st Century: the new clearing model
Gordon Madgwick is a cheque consultant and ex-operations director of Cheque & Credit Clearing Company.
Online Published Date:
02 October 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Have UWOs lived up to the hype?
Zoya Burbeza (+44 (0) 207 312 1000, info@zaiwalla.co.uk) is an international litigation and arbitration lawyer with Zaiwalla & Co. She has extensive experience of providing commercial legal services to clients from Russia, Ukraine and the CIS countries.
Online Published Date:
02 October 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019
Is the SFO sidestepping ENRC?
Elliott Fellowes (+44 (0)20 3818 3500, elliott.fellowes@signaturelitigation.com) is an associate and Johnny
Shearman (+44 (0)20 3818 3500, johnny.shearman@signaturelitigation.com) a professional support lawyer at
Signature Litigation LLP.
Online Published Date:
25 October 2019
Appeared in issue:
October/November 2019 - 01 October 2019