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Fraud drives up England & Wales crime through lockdown – ONS survey
Total crime rose 14%, comparing the year to September 2021 against the 12 months to September 2019, according to the Telephone Crime Survey for England & Wales (TCSEW), growth powered by a 47% increase in fraud and computer misuse. [1]If those..
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31 January 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Economic crime investigation – the question of resources
Aziz Rahman(+44 (0)203 911 9339,aziz.rahman@rahmanravelli.co.uk) is senior partner at Rahman Ravelli.
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01 February 2022
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UK court rules Autonomy CEO Lynch falsified accounts in sale to HP
By Sara Lewis
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02 February 2022
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Values at Risk
Andrew Gordon (https://www.ey.com/en_uk/people/andrew-gordon) is EY Global Forensic & Integrity Services Leader.
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03 February 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
At a loss
Timon Molloy (timon.molloy@informa.com), Editor
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05 February 2022
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TI puts nine countries – including Austria and Australia – on corruption watchlist
By Sara Lewis
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09 February 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Languishing outside Lugano – the implications for fraud and asset recovery claims
Sarah Murray (+44 (0)1483 734207, sarah.murray@stevens-bolton.com) is Head of Dispute Resolution at Stevens & Bolton LLP.
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14 February 2022
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Under 1% of fraud cases reach court in England and Wales
By Sara Lewis
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17 February 2022
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That personal touch – interviewing in the internet age
An American fraud investigator with 33 years’ experience worldwide tells FI how developing interpersonal skills has been essential to his work. But with people growing up communicating with smart phones, such proficiency is becoming rarer.Speaking..
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18 February 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Does a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ have to result in a new green-fraud industry?
Andrew Durant (+44 20 3727 1144, andrew.durant@fticonsulting.com) is a senior managing director and Piers Rake (piers.rake@fitconsulting.com) a managing director in the Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment of FTI Consulting.
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18 February 2022
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UK laundromat for the corrupt deconstructed in TI report
BySara Lewis
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24 February 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Keep it real – straight talk, flexible planning for effective investigation
Fraud investigators need to spend less time pretending to be a TV detective and more time as their authentic selves when probing scams, a former instructor at the USA’s Inspector General Criminal Investigator Academy (IGCIA) tells FI.In an..
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26 February 2022
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SFO launches Arena Television UK£280m fraud probe
By Sara Lewis
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03 March 2022
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OSINT case-maker
While fraud investigators benefit from emotional smarts and intuition, the ability to dig into online open-source intelligence – or OSINT – offers new practitioners an excellent way to scope out targets before suspects or witnesses are interviewed..
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07 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
UK to clamp down on litigation launched to thwart corruption investigations
By Sara Lewis
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10 March 2022
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Up to UK£5 billion lost to Covid-19 loans fraud as basic checks not made, MPs told
By Sara Lewis
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18 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
On the money
Anti-fraud talent is in demand, and not just in the UK
where fraud and computer misuse now account for more offending than all other
crimes taken together. [1] Keith Nuthall, Poorna Rodrigo and Andreia
Nogueira conduct an international review of..
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18 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Cyber defence: no let-up
Organisations are attempting to draw staff back to the office but post-Covid, few doubt that distanced working will continue as an established, if not growing practice. Network teams and vendors are now having to raise their response to security..
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24 March 2022
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The SFO’s tale of woe
Neil Williams (+44 (0)203 781 8400, https://www.reeds.co.uk/staff/neil-williams/) is deputy head of complex crime at Reeds Solicitors
(www.reeds.co.uk), where he
specialises in global bribery, cross-border and corruption cases.
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24 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Authorities seize digital assets, in UK tax fraud case
Thomas Cattee (https://www.gherson.com/who-we-are/our-people/thomas-cattee)
is head of white-collar crime at Gherson Solicitors. He previously worked for
the Serious Fraud Office.
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24 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Scale, breadth, response – fraud online
The internet opened up worlds of opportunity – many good though
law enforcement and regulators are struggling to stop the bad from spinning out
of control. Rose Pengelly scans the current virtual threat-space and defences.
Crime statistics..
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24 March 2022
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UK law to force internet giants to act against online scammers
By Sarah Gibbons
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24 March 2022
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UK rushes through law to reveal hidden wealth
In the space of two weeks, the UK Parliament passed legislation requiring identification of beneficial owners of overseas entities that hold UK property and strengthening law enforcement’s powers to investigate how assets were acquired.The..
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24 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Identity ‘cat and mouse’ on the blockchain
Christian Toms (+44 (0)20 7851 6009, ctoms@brownrudnick.com) is a partner at Brown Rudnick in London, where he has experience in a wide range of disputes, particularly those arising from complex financial arrangements and investments.
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24 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Cyber defence: no let-up
Organisations are attempting to draw staff back to the office but post-Covid few doubt that distanced working will continue as an established, if not growing, practice. Network teams and vendors are now having to raise their response to security..
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25 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
UK rushes through law to reveal hidden wealth
In the space of two weeks, the UK Parliament passed legislation requiring identification of beneficial owners of overseas entities that hold UK property and strengthening law enforcement’s powers to investigate how assets were acquired.The..
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25 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Scale, breadth, response – fraud online
The internet opened up worlds of opportunity – many good, though law enforcement and regulators are struggling to stop the bad from spinning out of control. Rose Pengelly scans the current virtual threat-space and defences.Crime statistics released..
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25 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
UK law to force internet giants to act against online scammers
By Sarah Gibbons
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25 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Up to UK£5 billion lost to Covid-19 loans fraud as basic checks not made, MPs told
By Sara Lewis
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25 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
On the money
Anti-fraud talent is in demand, and not just in the UK where fraud and computer misuse now account for more offending than all other crimes taken together. [1] Keith Nuthall, Poorna Rodrigo and Andreia Nogueira conduct an international review of..
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25 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
The SFO’s tale of woe
Neil Williams (+44 (0)203 781 8400, https://www.reeds.co.uk/staff/neil-williams/) is deputy head of complex crime at Reeds Solicitors (www.reeds.co.uk).
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25 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Authorities seize digital assets, in UK tax fraud case
Thomas Cattee (https://www.gherson.com/who-we-are/our-people/thomas-cattee)is head of white-collar crime at Gherson Solicitors. He previously worked forthe Serious Fraud Office.
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25 March 2022
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April/May 2022 - 01 April 2022
Identity ‘cat and mouse’ on the blockchain
Christian Toms (+44 (0)20 7851 6009, ctoms@brownrudnick.com) is a partner at Brown Rudnick in London, where he has experience in a wide range of disputes, particularly those arising from complex financial arrangements and investments.
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25 March 2022
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Cross-border currents – EPPO identifies €5.4 billion in EU fraud losses in its first seven months
By Keith Nuthall
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25 March 2022
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Hard-hitting: former anti-fraud minister on bounce back loan oversight
Esther Martin (esther.martin@informa.com), Assistant Editor
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28 March 2022
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UK fraud skyrockets in 2021 say new reports
By Sara Lewis, in Brussels
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29 April 2022
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