Private Sector

What business owners must know

http://info.inbound-bis.com/blog/business-identity-theft-what-business-owners-must-know

The task of finding fraud early and dealing with it effectively does not need to be left to someone else like whistle-blowers, regulators, auditors or the media any more.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/defence-external-auditors-nigel-iyer/

Experts and small firms share some advice on how to avoid scams.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/connect/small-business/finance-and-funding/how-to-prevent-fraud/

Dual-purpose trainer alleged that he had been defrauded by former employee

https://www.racingpost.com/news/tony-carroll-massively-disappointed-following-collapse-of-fraud-trial/332669

Business email compromise still most popular and most effective attack vector.

https://www.scmagazineuk.com/email-fraud-still-a-substantial-threat-to-business/article/768353/

New regulations allow directors to remove their residential address from the company register

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/702658/White+Collar+Crime+Fraud/Protection+Against+Identity+Fraud+For+Company+Directors

Despite potentially huge fines for non-compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), SMEs are more worried about the damage failure to comply will do to their reputations.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252441127/SMEs-more-worried-about-GDPRs-threat-to-reputation-than-fines

Email fraud attacks grew by 103 per cent year-over-year.

https://www.itproportal.com/news/british-businesses-hit-hard-by-email-fraud-attacks/

A network of Registered Bodies are to come together to form a recognised group of criminal record check professionals.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/announcing-the-new-uk-criminal-records-trade-body-crtb

Woman from near Oswestry, was jailed for two years and eight months at Shrewsbury Crown Court for stealing from Jim Dorricott Construction Ltd of Minsterley, near Shrewsbury.