According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) some 20% of all crime takes place on business premises. When you think of all the theft, murder, drugs and the like, this is an awful lot of crime! The reason of … Read More
For there to be a meaningful fight against fraud there needs to be a legal system capable of dealing with the cases brought by the prosecution authorities. There is no point beefing up the police fraud squads and giving them … Read More
In October 2008 the Attorney General’s Office in the UK established the National Fraud Strategic Authority (NFSA) as a result of its Fraud Review in 2006. Being true to form for government agencies it has already had its first change of … Read More
2010 opens with thick snow and ice. I was lucky as my trip to New York in the first week of the New Year went without hitch. Our flights and connections seemed to match the few windows in the weather … Read More
I read with some concern an article in this Sunday’s papers about the plans of City of London Police Economic Crime Unit for the coming year. Detective Chief Superintendent Stephen Head is on record saying ‘…as with the drugs trade, … Read More
The first decade of this millennium has been characterised by quite a lot of substantial frauds when you pause to look back. We have seen massive accounting scandals in the form of Enron and Parmalat – who would have thought that … Read More
There is a definite rise in the incidence of employment fraud during a recession, though this will often only come to light in the months and even years following an economic downturn. Some employment fraud however will be discovered during … Read More
Recent news has been announced of the embezzlement of toy giant Toys R Us by a dull and uninspiring employee – accountant Mr Hopes. He has stolen some £3.7 million by issuing fraudulent invoices to the company and arranging for … Read More
I was thinking about the different types of fraud that I have investigated over the years and I realised that Charity Fraud was one of the main subjects cropping up again and again. It seems that charities are prone to … Read More
Having spend the best part of two days writing my latest newsletter, printing it, wrestling with getting a colour header (and failing), signing it and stuffing around 750 into envelopes with a covering letter, I did not feel like spending the last hour … Read More
