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Overseas Production Orders – fast-tracking evidence arrives
Rebecca Niblock (+44 (0)20 7814 1281, rniblock@kingsleynapley.co.uk) is a criminal litigation partner at Kingsley Napley LLP.
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01 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 01 July 2020
EY faces class actions over alleged failures to detect Wirecard fraud
By Sara Lewis
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03 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
When honest people are dishonest
Kelly Paxton (https://kellypaxton.com) is aspeaker and trainer. She has served as a US Customs special agent, conducted backgroundinvestigations for the Department of Homeland Security, fraud analysis at theWashington County Sheriff’s Office, as well as undertaken numerousinvestigations in the private sector. She can be reached on kelly@kellypaxton.com.
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06 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 01 July 2020
Novartis and subsidiaries pay US$346 million in US for corruption
By Sara Lewis
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09 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
G4S to pay UK£44m but escapes prosecution for defrauding UK Ministry of Justice
Aziz Rahman is senior partner at corporate crime and compliance specialists Rahman Ravelli (www.rahmanravelli.co.uk). Contact him on aziz.rahman@rahmanravelli.co.uk.
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13 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Two former Unaoil executives convicted of Iraqi oil graft
By Sara Lewis
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16 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
The dark side – browsing online for stolen goods [Video]
The dark web, where criminals sell their wares, may not be readily accessible to all but Raghavendra Verma gained entry for Fraud Intelligence in a matter of minutes; a couple more clicks and he was on the point of buying a cloned credit card…..
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20 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Statistical office says UK cyber-frauds on the increase
By Keith Nuthall
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22 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Cross-border currents – EU Commission seeks data sharing on digital sales to combat tax evasion
By Keith Nuthall
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24 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Audit inspection
Therole of audit in fraud discovery is in the spotlight again in the wake of Wirecard,the German payments company’s collapse. External auditors EY allegedly failed for more than threeyears to confirm the existence of up to €1 billion in cash that..
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27 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Audit inspection
The role of audit in fraud discovery is in the spotlight again in the wake of Wirecard, the German payments company’s collapse.External auditors EY allegedly failed for more than three years to confirm the existence of up to €1 billion in cash that..
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28 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Pandemic predators – Covid-19 fraud schemes
Braddock Stevenson is counsel and Laurel Loomis Rimon a partner at O’Melveny law firm, where they are both on a Coronavirus Task Force. They are based in Washington DC, United States, and may be contacted at bstevenson@omm.com and lrimon@omm.com.
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28 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Cum-ex… the story so far
Neil Williams is legal director at financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelliwith expertise in corporate crime and regulatory investigations. Contact him onneil.williams@rahmanravelli.co.uk.
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28 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Leading a global forensic investigation – lessons from the helm
YousrKhalil (+33 1 7488 05 42, YKhalil@forensicrisk.com) is a partner, Amy Cheung(+44 20 7269 7829, ACheung@forensicrisk.com) and Richard Freeman (+4420 7269 5026, RFreeman@forensicrisk.com) are associate directors atForensic Risk Alliance.
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28 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Inside the ‘inside job’
With more than 85,000 members, the ACFE (www.acfe.com) is the world’s largest anti-fraud organisation and is a leading provider of anti-fraud training and education. Esther Martin (esther.martin@informa.com) is Assistant Editor of Fraud Intelligence.
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29 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
The ‘frauditor’ at work
Peter Tickner is a freelance consultant, fraud investigator and academic as wellas the author of a number of books on fraud investigation. He was director ofinternal audit for the Metropolitan Police Service in the UK from 1995 to 2009.He has recently successfully completed a doctorate at the University ofPortsmouth’s Institute of Criminal Justice Studies around his methodology forinvestigating fraud in the public sector.
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29 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Different tunes: whistleblowing in the Americas
Legal protections for those who speak up if they see wrongdoing, if far from comprehensive in North America, at least exist; such is not the norm south of the Rio Grande. Keith Nuthall reports from Ottawa; Gemma Handy, from St John’s, Antigua; and..
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29 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Listening mode – Asia-Pacific tunes into whistleblowers
Chinese whispers, in which a message is relayed from person to person, may, until lately, have been the most likely route by which wrongdoing would become known to company management or officialdom in the Asia-Pacific region. Growing appreciation of..
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29 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Whistling with confidence - Europe
Growing recognition that insiders are often best placed to expose misconduct but need to be protected from reprisals, and possibly incentivised, is reflected in new legislation in European Union and across its borders. Keith Nuthall, Brenda Dionisi,..
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29 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Sound defence – whistleblower protection in the Middle East and Africa
Legislative safeguards for individuals who disclose wrongdoing, while no guarantee against retaliation, are evidence that a state recognises the value of speaking up. Paul Cochrane, in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Joe Charlaff, in Jerusalem; and..
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29 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020
Material impact – audit revolution
The collapse of companies only lately adjudged to be going concerns has prompted some deep thinking about the audit profession. Jonathan Dyson finds radical change on the agenda. As financial frauds grow in complexity and sophistication, so does..
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29 July 2020
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February/March 2020 - 07 December 2019
Former prime minister convicted over Malaysia’s US$4.5bn 1MDB fraud
BySara Lewis
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29 July 2020
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August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020