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Change for the better?
Aziz Rahman (0800 559 3500, aziz.rahman@rahmanravelli.co.uk) is senior partner at Rahman Ravelli.
Online Published Date:
09 January 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
Auditors call for European Commission to overhaul anti-fraud office
By Sara Lewis, in Brussels
Online Published Date:
17 January 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
Patisserie Valerie in administration after alleged UK£40m accounting fraud
Restaurant chain Patisserie Valerie, which found “significant accounting irregularities” in October 2018, collapsed on 22 January after its bankers refused to renew credit facilities.Patisserie Holdings, the parent company, had discovered a UK£40m..
Online Published Date:
23 January 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
Rough justice – the Tesco three
Aziz Rahman (0800 559 3500, aziz.rahman@rahmanravelli.co.uk) is senior partner at Rahman Ravelli.
Online Published Date:
24 January 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
Italy adopts ‘bribe destroyer’ law
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
24 January 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
UK among European nations to drop in corruption index
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
30 January 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
EU launches new proposed laws to fight burgeoning VAT fraud
By
Keith Nuthall
Online Published Date:
31 January 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
The Tesco Three – What went wrong? What lessons can we learn?
Alexandra Underwood (+44 (0)20 7861 4666, alexandra.underwood@fieldfisher.com) is a partner and Kyle Phillips (kyle.phillips@fieldfisher.com) a senior associate at Fieldfisher.
Online Published Date:
04 February 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
Trials & tribulations - the SFO
Iskander Fernandez (+44 20 7865 3431, iskander.fernandez@blmlaw.com)
is a partner at BLM.
Online Published Date:
04 February 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
Close-up - surveillance report
Just as fraud evolves so demand forsurveillance is not only growing but becoming more diverse, with companiesoffering services that range from old-fashioned stakeouts to high-techdetection. Sara Lewis turns her lenson a dynamic sector. Ends in..
Online Published Date:
04 February 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
Hard graft – IT builds resilience to corruption
Human contact is a primary corruption vulnerability but innovations in computing offer potential both to design out or at least constrain the risk and make detection easier. Sarah Gibbons reports.Institutional leadWith US$1.5 trillion, or 2% of..
Online Published Date:
04 February 2019
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February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
Shift perspective to fight fraud
Mary Breslin – whose career in the industry spans over 20 years and includes significant international experience– is the founder of Verracy (www.verracy.com) and specialises in internal audit transformations, operational and financial auditing, fraud auditing and investigations, as well as corporate accounting.
Online Published Date:
04 February 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
Errors, biases and algorithms: how to interpret automated results
Alex Russell CFA is the director of institutional and complex litigation for Bates Group LLC (www.batesgroup.com), where he manages cases related to institutional disputes involving trust or banking entities, investment banking or sales and trading cases, as well as those involving ultra-high net worth individuals. Alex co-leads Bates’ Big Data Analytics segment, with a particular focus on the use of data analytics in market manipulation or fraud cases. He is based in Oregon, United States.
Online Published Date:
04 February 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019
Under the microscope – the pathology of bribery
Dr
David Shepherd (david.shepherd@port.ac.uk) is
a senior research associate and Prof
Mark Button (mark.button@port.ac.uk) is
director of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies, while Dean Blackbourn (dean.blackbourn@port.ac.uk)
is senior lecturer and course leader with the Institute of Criminal Justice
Studies at the University of Portsmouth.
Online Published Date:
04 February 2019
Appeared in issue:
February/March 2019 - 01 February 2019