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Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd reaches US$177m global settlement for bribery in oil and gas sector
A subsidiary of John Wood Group, the UK-based engineering business, has agreed to pay UK£103m, which includes UK£3.4m costs, to the UK’s Serious Fraud Office, to draw a line under a four-year investigation into its past use of corrupt agents in the..
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03 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
Stats suggest UK Covid-19 aid fraud could run into £billions
Fraud involving Covid-19 aid schemes in the UK could involve thefts totalling billions of pounds sterling (UK£), according to white collar crime and investigations specialist, Iskander Fernandez, partner at law firm BLM.His comments came as BLM..
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05 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
Delivery text scams booming in UK, finds consumer group
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
07 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
The parallel pandemic [Video]
The onset of Covid-19 challenged everyone, good and bad alike, and it’s not over. The fraudsters adapted fast, as always, taking advantage of the acceleration in work, shopping and socialising online, and the rushed roll-out of state aid programmes..
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10 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
The UK Bribery Act: Happy Birthday?
John Binns (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, jbinns@bcl.com) is a partner and Andrew Watson (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, awatson@bcl.com) a legal assistant in the financial crime department of BCL Solicitors LLP.
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12 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
Access points - OSINT
The Covid-19 pandemic’s boom in web usage has created manifold opportunities for hackers and fraudsters to attack the unwary through electronic networks; however, on the plus side, Keith Nuthall finds the scope for open-source intelligence (OSINT)..
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12 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
SFO agrees tenth Deferred Prosecution Agreement – good money, but do they work?
Alex Swan (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, aswan@bcl.com) is a senior associate at BCL Solicitors LLP, specialising in complex business crime and regulatory matters.
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15 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
Sound recording - covert surveillance
Minuscule microphones and concealed cameras – the gadgetry of countless spy films is less detectable and more effective than ever, and, increasingly, accepted as evidence in court proceedings. Keith Nuthall checks out the latest kit and constraints..
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16 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
German carmakers fined over €875 million for AdBlue cartel
By Sara Lewis, in Brussels
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16 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
President Obama and ‘Dr No’
Joshua Domb (+44 020 7570 1412, jdomb@mwe.com) is a lawyer who advises on a wide range of domestic and international issues involving bribery, corruption, money laundering, tax evasion, in addition to associated regulatory and compliance matters, with McDermott Will & Emery UK.
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21 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
Ransomware attackers on the rampage
Kingsley Hayes (+44 (0)151 459 5850, kingsley.hayes@kellerlenkner.co.uk) is head of Data Breachat group action law firm Keller Lenkner UK. He is also head of its newInvestment Fraud and Mis-selling group.
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21 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
Cybercrime update – preying upon the pandemic
Jim Gee (+44 (0)20 78427239, jim.gee@crowe.co.uk) is a partner and nationalhead of Forensic Services at Crowe UK LLP, an audit, tax, advisory and riskfirm that has been investing in a cutting-edge capacity to protect clientsagainst the ever-growing threat of cybercrime. Jim is also visiting professorand chair of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studiesat the University of Portsmouth.
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21 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
Blockchain bandits
Kate Gee (+44 (0)20 3818 3500, kate.gee@signaturelitigation.com) is a senior associate and Elliott Fellowes (+44 (0)20 3818 3500, elliott.fellowes@signaturelitigation.com) an associate at Signature Litigation.
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21 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
Renewable deals – the case of the solar sideline
Anna Kon CIA, CFE, CRMA is a Head of Internal Audit based in Tallinn, Estonia. She may be contacted onanna.kon4@gmail.com.
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21 July 2021
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October/November 2021 - 21 October 2021
UK consumers lose UK£2.3 billion to fraud in a year
BySara Lewis
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22 July 2021
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October/November 2021 - 21 October 2021
EU cross-border currents – OLAF and EPPO strike cooperation deal over fraud probes
ByKeith Nuthall
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23 July 2021
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August/September 2021 - 25 August 2021
Europol’s ‘No More Ransom’ site stops nearly €1 billion in losses
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
29 July 2021
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October/November 2021 - 21 October 2021