Commercial Fraud Investigations and Fraud Risk Management Consultancy
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Commercial Fraud Investigations and Fraud Risk Management Consultancy |
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Fraud Investigation & Recovery Service
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Views, opinions and comments expressed are those of Ian A Younger personally, not the view of Investitec as a company nor those of any associated professional body or organisation. While every care is taken by Investitec in providing links to third party sites, we cannot take responsibility for third party content. SFO Announce Their Approach to Dealing with Overseas Corruption Understand what this could mean to your organsiation and why we are ideally placed to help - Overseas Corruption Response How a man used social engineering to trick a FTSE-listed financial firm - June 2009 Simply holding the door for someone can get you hacked! Fraud Advisory Panel - Information Security Seminar - 1st July 2009 - LONDON This Fraud Advisory Panel seminar will outline some of the key issues that should be addressed by organisations in managing information security. This will include: • Information security in the 21PstP century – an overview of current trends and threats in the UK • Legal requirements and the role of the Information Commissioner’s Office • Managing breaches – what to do when it all goes wrong • Protecting your most valuable asset – practical technical, physical and organisational measures Details of Event & Booking Form Police Officers Arrested over Expenses Fiddle - Daily Mail (May 2009) More evidence that expenses abuse should not be tolerated. Three officers involved with the 7/7 terror investigation have been arrested for misuse of their corporate credit card. See also www.investitec.wordpress.com ICO Guidence on Disclosure of Information to Private Investigators (April 2009) The Information Commissioners Office has published a Good Practice note explaining what public and private sector organisations need to consider when they are asked to disclose information to a private investigator. While not obliging an organisation to release any personal information about an individual, this goes a long way to clarifying what Data Controllers should do when co-operating with investigators who have a lawful and legitimate reason for making a request. The guidance can be downloaded from http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/data_protection/practical_application/disclosures_to_private_investigators_v1.0.pdf Recession
Crime Wave Hits Britain Senior officers revealed a 63 percent increase in reported financial crime compared to this time last year, with more than 10,000 victims across UK at a cost running into "hundreds and hundreds of millions of pounds." |
