i-law.com - Newsletter (Fraud Intelligence)

: Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd reaches US$177m global settlement for bribery in oil and gas sector; Online Published Date : 03 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; 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..

: Stats suggest UK Covid-19 aid fraud could run into £billions; Online Published Date : 05 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; 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..

: Delivery text scams booming in UK, finds consumer group; Online Published Date : 07 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; By Sara Lewis

: The parallel pandemic [Video]; Online Published Date : 10 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; 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..

: The UK Bribery Act: Happy Birthday?; Online Published Date : 12 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; John Binns (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, [email protected]) is a partner and Andrew Watson (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, [email protected]) a legal assistant in the financial crime department of BCL Solicitors LLP.

: Access points - OSINT; Online Published Date : 12 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; 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)..

: SFO agrees tenth Deferred Prosecution Agreement – good money, but do they work?; Online Published Date : 15 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; Alex Swan (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, [email protected]) is a senior associate at BCL Solicitors LLP, specialising in complex business crime and regulatory matters.

: Sound recording - covert surveillance; Online Published Date : 16 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; 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..

: German carmakers fined over €875 million for AdBlue cartel; Online Published Date : 16 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; By Sara Lewis, in Brussels

: President Obama and ‘Dr No’; Online Published Date : 21 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; Joshua Domb (+44 020 7570 1412, [email protected]) 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.

: Ransomware attackers on the rampage; Online Published Date : 21 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; Kingsley Hayes (+44 (0)151 459 5850, [email protected]) is head of Data Breachat group action law firm Keller Lenkner UK. He is also head of its newInvestment Fraud and Mis-selling group.

: Cybercrime update – preying upon the pandemic; Online Published Date : 21 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; Jim Gee (+44 (0)20 78427239, [email protected]) 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.

: Blockchain bandits; Online Published Date : 21 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; KateGee(+44 (0)20 3818 3500, [email protected]) is a senior associateand Elliott Fellowes (+44 (0)20 3818 3500, [email protected]) an associate atSignature Litigation.

: Renewable deals – the case of the solar sideline; Online Published Date : 21 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: October/November 2021 - 21 July 2021; Anna Kon CIA, CFE, CRMA is a Head of Internal Audit basedin Tallinn, Estonia. Shemay be contacted [email protected]

: UK consumers lose UK£2.3 billion to fraud in a year; Online Published Date : 22 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: October/November 2021 - 21 July 2021; BySara Lewis

: EU cross-border currents – OLAF and EPPO strike cooperation deal over fraud probes; Online Published Date : 23 July 2021 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2021 - 25 May 2021; ByKeith Nuthall