Counter-fraud

  • 14 May 2023 11:41 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Jonathan Newman, senior partner at Brightstone Law, and Christopher Taylor, corporate development director at Westcor International, discuss the startling increase in fraud cases they have encountered in recent months and why lenders need to be alert to this trend.

    https://www.mortgagefinancegazette.com/uncategorised/head-to-head-getting-to-grips-with-escalating-levels-of-fraud-09-05-2023/

  • 10 May 2023 12:34 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The government has unveiled a raft of anti-fraud measures designed to tackle the £7bn scammers cost the UK each year.

    https://www.ftadviser.com/investments/2023/05/03/govt-launches-anti-fraud-strategy/

  • 10 May 2023 12:32 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    ICAEW’s Audit and Assurance Faculty considers audit committee perspectives on corporate fraud and how it can be better prevented and detected.

    https://www.icaew.com/insights/viewpoints-on-the-news/2023/may-2023/how-do-audit-committees-perceive-corporate-fraud-risks

  • 10 May 2023 12:26 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Social media users will be able to report scams with just one-click under new measures announced by the Government today. Banks will also be allowed to delay payments they believe to be suspicious, while cold calls on all financial products will be banned as part of a host of new measures designed to help tackle fraud.

    https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/05/government-fraud-squad-martin-lewis-scams/

  • 05 May 2023 10:32 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Cold calls which cheat people out of their money by tricking them into buying fake investments are to be banned under government plans to be announced next week.

    https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/cold-calls-financial-deals-banned-054529849.html

  • 05 May 2023 10:27 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    When a Coutts client heard of an attractive investment opportunity from an old friend, he jumped at the chance to get involved. But it turned out the well-known company they thought they were investing in was actually a fraudulent clone of it, and they both lost their money.

    https://www.coutts.com/insight-articles/news/2023/investment-fraud-the-long-con.html

  • 26 Apr 2023 2:03 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    People across Nottinghamshire are being asked to take five to stop fraud and ensure they do not fall victim to a fraudulent attack by phone, text, email or online.

    https://westbridgfordwire.com/fraud-warning-advice-shared-by-councils-in-nottinghamshire/

  • 19 Apr 2023 12:10 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Payments Association, which celebrates innovation and collaboration across the payments industry, has released a new whitepaper. It examines the current arrangements for sharing data to prevent economic crime in the UK.

    https://thefintechtimes.com/public-and-private-sector-data-sharing-collaboration-is-key-to-stopping-the-rise-of-uk-economic-crime/

  • 19 Apr 2023 11:52 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    British adults aged 34 and under are about twice as likely to fall victim to financial scams than any older age group, a new survey suggests.

    About one in five 18 to 34-year-olds have been deceived by scammers, compared with around 10% of over-35s, according to an Opinium poll carried out for online bank Marcus by Goldman Sachs, as reported by Sky.

    https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/young-adults-under-34-twice-as-likely-to-fall-victim-to-fraud-and-online-financial-scams


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