Counter-fraud

To mark International Fraud Awareness Week (13-19 November 2022), UK Finance’s Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign and Amazon today launch the ‘Can you spot fraud?’ quiz, to help businesses, particularly small and medium sized enterprises, stay safe from fraud.

https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/94860/amazon-joins-up-with-the-take-five-to-stop-fraud-campaign

The first ever Northern Ireland Fraud Forum Annual Conference took place in Belfast - as new figures reveal that fraud cases have risen by 17 per cent in the past nine months across the UK.

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2022/11/16/news/first_ever_northern_ireland_fraud_forum_annual_conference_takes_place_in_belfast-2906503/?param=ds441rif44T

Watchdog says department still does not understand full scale of the issue five years after it called for urgent action

https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article/home-office-not-leading-effective-crossgovernment-strategy-to-tackle-fraud#.Y3TEDzFtVb4.twitter

The UK needs a more streamlined way to combat fraud instead of relying on the “alphabet soup” of agencies that currently operate, Baroness Nicky Morgan has said.

https://www.cityam.com/uk-has-too-many-agencies-responsible-for-fraud-ex-culture-secretary-says/

Financial services providers are “critical” to ensuring financial planners and their clients are aware of the warning signs of a scam, according to Louise Cockburn, Quilter’s information security manager.

https://www.ftadviser.com/your-industry/2022/11/11/providers-critical-to-financial-planners-spotting-scam-warning-signs/

The director of international illicit finance at UK Finance and fraud bosses at banks NatWest and HSBC took aim at the online register of companies.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2022/11/08/dysfunctional-companies-house-facilitating-fraud-finance-chiefs-say/

The cost of living crisis has created a financial crime wave. So what is being done about it?

Struggling to make ends meet during a period of high inflation, people are being preyed on by fraudsters seeking to take advantage of their predicament. Andrew Pimlott outlines the threats and how payment service providers, regulators, and the government are responding.

Brits have been warned to “stay alert for fraud” as more people are out to make extra cash as the cost of living rises across the country.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-watch-for-fraud-extra-cash-cost-of-living-crisis-230154352.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

Organisations lose an estimated 5% of their revenue to fraud every year, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).

https://www.icaew.com/insights/sponsored-content/fraud-on-the-rise-what-you-can-do/access-the-article/fraud-on-the-rise-what-you-can-do

Protecting the public from the meteoric rise of fraud needs to be an absolute priority for the new government. Our law enforcement agencies are grappling with scarce resources, and Sunak must take note of this salient point. The lack of investment and resourcing in fraud enforcement, perhaps above anything, has been one of our government’s greatest failures and continues to be a black-mark on our country’s reputation as a ‘leading figure’ in the fight against international corruption and economic crime.

https://www.cityam.com/letters-wake-up-and-smell-the-fraud/