Source: BBC News, Financial Fraud Action UK, 6th June 2013 Attempts to steal people’s bank cards and Pin codes while they are using cash machines have tripled over the past year, according to figures. Financial Fraud Action UK says there were 7,525 incidents in the first four months of the year, compared with 2,553 in…
Source: Action Fraud, 15th May 2013 Three fraudsters who scammed over 100 eBay customers out of money have been ordered to pay back almost £72,000. The three men admitted the large scale fraud in Derby Crown Court in December last year and were jailed for three-and-a-half years. The gang set up a fake company and used…
Source: BBC News, 24th May 2013 Amanda Webber, 43, claimed five of her children had disabilities and medical conditions affecting their mobility…. The prosecution said the children led active lives, taking part in PE classes and activities including music, drama and dance, without any difficulties. As well as auditioning for ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent show,…
A special one off edition of #TheFraudTube Echo following The 2nd Annual Fraud & Error Conference in London. On 21st May 2013 we attended the 2nd Annual Fraud and Error Conference in London by kind invitation of ValidSoft. Along with Tony Neate, Dan Mount, and Douwe Korff, Darren Hodder from Fraud Consuting joined ValidSoft for a…
Title: Senior Fraud Investigation Manager Type: Permanent Location: London or UK Salary: £80k – £125k (depending upon experience) + benefits Our client has multiple positions open for Senior Fraud Investigation Managers. With a focus on client engagements across multiple sectors including financial services, insurance, & capital markets, candidates should have a experience of large projects within financial crime, forensic…
Title: Senior Fraud Investigation Manager Type: Permanent Location: London or UK Salary: £50k – £80k (depending upon experience) + benefits Our client has multiple positions open for Fraud Investigation Managers. With a focus on client engagements across multiple sectors including financial services, insurance, & capital markets, candidates should have a experience of large projects within financial crime, forensic accounting…
Title: Senior Fraud Investigation Manager Type: Permanent Location: London or UK Salary: Up to £50k (depending upon experience) + benefits Our client has multiple positions open for Fraud Investigation Executives. With a focus on client engagements across multiple sectors including financial services, insurance, & capital markets, candidates should have a experience of large projects within financial crime, forensic accounting…
Source: Matthew Parsons @ TTG Digital, 17th April 2013 (Note: The following item has been re-produced with kind permission of TTG, the original article can be found on their website here) Online facial recognition tools such as Facebanx are the latest weapon in the fight against fraud. By Matthew Parsons Card fraud is big business.…
Source: BBC Panorama, 29th April 2013 Russian money has poured into London, but is organised crime coming with it? Reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates a death in a Russian prison that has brought the threat of violence to the UK. Could a whistleblower found dead on the streets of Surrey be the latest victim of the…
Source: GOV.UK, 23rd April 2013 The Information Security Breaches Survey, commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), said firms were now “struggling to keep up” with security threats. “In total, the cost to UK plc of security breaches is of the order of billions of pounds per annum – it’s roughly tripled…
