- Home/Publications/Fraud Intelligence
Pattern recognition – who commits fraud?
The dearth of meaningful statistics on fraud in the UK, has prompted BDO Stoy Hayward to launch its own study, FraudTrack, which seeks to pull out some hard indicia from the data that is available. Its inaugural survey, which covers all reported fraud cases of more than £50,000 in the 2003 calendar year, draws on figures from the Serious Fraud Office, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Metropolitan Police, Public Eye and the national press.
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
New fraud risks for Canadian defendants to foreign judicial proceedings
In December 2003, the Supreme Court of Canada released an important fraud-related decision with significant implications for Canadians who do business internationally or anyone with assets in Canada, writes Matthew J Latella
of Baker & McKenzie. Specifically, the Court established new rules for determining the circumstances in which Canadian judges are to recognise and enforce decisions made by foreign judges in proceedings outside Canada. In arriving at its decision, the Court considered allegations of fraud on both sides of the case and took the opportunity to clarify when such allegations can provide a defence to the enforcement of foreign judgments.
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
Fraud Unlimited
What makes someone cross the line into dishonesty? The answer is not always as easy as greed and it is rarely as simple as need; some do it just because they can, says Nathan Dony
as he recalls a curious case of creative accounting.
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
The devil’s in the metadata
Careful analysis of information contained in electronic documents but hidden from the ordinary user can prove extremely valuable when investigating fraud or contesting litigation. Simon Dawson
, Head of Corporate Investigations at The Risk Advisory Group Limited takes a close look at data imprints.
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
The interview (I): achieving rapport
By identifying an interviewee’s dominant mode of expression – visual, auditory, or sensation – (and when he or she deviates from it) you can mirror the subject and begin to achieve rapport, says Don Rabon
.
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
Hit fast, hit hard fast, Make the fraudsters pay
Gary Miller may be contacted on tel: +44 (0) 20 7440 7000; email: gary.miller@mishcon.co.uk
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
Top lawyer and investigator suspended at Customs
Gavin McFarlane of Temple Chambers Cardiff
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
Whistleblowing has clear impact on fraud, US study finds
The typical US organisation loses 6% of its annual revenue to fraud, according to the Association of Fraud Examiners’ 2004 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, which is based on 508 cases and total losses of US$761..
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
EU business software piracy rife, says report
37% of business programmes used in the EU are pirated according to research by market analysts IDC. The study, involving 5,600 interviews, identified that Greece has the worst problem, with 63% of business software pirated, followed by Poland and..
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
Commission former chief accountant expects the worst but is not without hope
The European Commission’s former chief accountant Marta Andreasen says she would “certainly” take her old job back if offered but admitted that the prospect was “unrealistic” as her disciplinary proceedings wind towards..
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
EU-Swiss axis against fraud
The EU and Switzerland have negotiated a detailed agreement on mutual cooperation against fraud. The deal now awaits confirmation from the Swiss federal parliament and the EU Council of Ministers before it comes into effect, probably next year. The..
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
New European Commissioner to focus on fraud
The new European Commission that takes office in November will include for the first time a Commissioner specifically dedicated to fighting European Union (EU) fraud and handling audits. New Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has appointed an..
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004
EU fraud down, claims Commission
The latest European Commission report on fraud and irregularities in European Union (EU) programmes and spending indicates a significant fall in dishonest and incompetent handling of money in 2003. However, Brussels officials told Fraud..
Online Published Date:
01 October 2004
Appeared in issue:
Oct/Nov 2004 - 01 October 2004