i-law.com - Newsletter (Fraud Intelligence)

: Overseas Production Orders – fast-tracking evidence arrives; Online Published Date : 01 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 01 July 2020; Rebecca Niblock (+44 (0)20 7814 1281, [email protected]) is a criminal litigation partner at Kingsley Napley LLP.

: EY faces class actions over alleged failures to detect Wirecard fraud; Online Published Date : 03 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; By Sara Lewis

: When honest people are dishonest; Online Published Date : 06 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 01 July 2020; Kelly Paxton (https://kellypaxton.com) is aspeaker and trainer. She has served as a US Customs special agent, conducted backgroundinvestigations for the Department of Homeland Security, fraud analysis at theWashington County Sheriff’s Office, as well as undertaken numerousinvestigations in the private sector. She can be reached on [email protected]

: Novartis and subsidiaries pay US$346 million in US for corruption; Online Published Date : 09 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; By Sara Lewis

: G4S to pay UK£44m but escapes prosecution for defrauding UK Ministry of Justice; Online Published Date : 13 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; Aziz Rahman is senior partner at corporate crime and compliance specialists Rahman Ravelli (www.rahmanravelli.co.uk). Contact him on [email protected]

: Two former Unaoil executives convicted of Iraqi oil graft; Online Published Date : 16 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; By Sara Lewis

: The dark side – browsing online for stolen goods [Video]; Online Published Date : 20 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; The dark web, where criminals sell their wares, may not be readily accessible to all but Raghavendra Verma gained entry for Fraud Intelligence in a matter of minutes; a couple more clicks and he was on the point of buying a cloned credit card…..

: Statistical office says UK cyber-frauds on the increase; Online Published Date : 22 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; By Keith Nuthall

: Cross-border currents – EU Commission seeks data sharing on digital sales to combat tax evasion; Online Published Date : 24 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; By Keith Nuthall

: Audit inspection; Online Published Date : 27 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; Therole of audit in fraud discovery is in the spotlight again in the wake of Wirecard,the German payments company’s collapse. External auditors EY allegedly failed for more than threeyears to confirm the existence of up to €1 billion in cash that..

: Audit inspection; Online Published Date : 28 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; The role of audit in fraud discovery is in the spotlight again in the wake of Wirecard, the German payments company’s collapse.External auditors EY allegedly failed for more than three years to confirm the existence of up to €1 billion in cash that..

: Pandemic predators – Covid-19 fraud schemes; Online Published Date : 28 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; Braddock Stevenson is counsel and Laurel Loomis Rimon a partner at O’Melveny law firm, where they are both on a Coronavirus Task Force. They are based in Washington DC, United States, and may be contacted at [email protected] and [email protected]

: Cum-ex… the story so far; Online Published Date : 28 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; Neil Williams is legal director at financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelliwith expertise in corporate crime and regulatory investigations. Contact him [email protected]

: Leading a global forensic investigation – lessons from the helm; Online Published Date : 28 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; YousrKhalil (+33 1 7488 05 42, [email protected]) is a partner, Amy Cheung(+44 20 7269 7829, [email protected]) and Richard Freeman (+4420 7269 5026, [email protected]) are associate directors atForensic Risk Alliance.

: Inside the ‘inside job’; Online Published Date : 29 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; With more than 85,000 members, the ACFE (www.acfe.com) is the world’s largest anti-fraud organisation and is a leading provider of anti-fraud training and education. Esther Martin ([email protected]) is Assistant Editor of Fraud Intelligence.

: The ‘frauditor’ at work; Online Published Date : 29 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; Peter Tickner is a freelance consultant, fraud investigator and academic as wellas the author of a number of books on fraud investigation. He was director ofinternal audit for the Metropolitan Police Service in the UK from 1995 to 2009.He has recently successfully completed a doctorate at the University ofPortsmouth’s Institute of Criminal Justice Studies around his methodology forinvestigating fraud in the public sector.

: Different tunes: whistleblowing in the Americas; Online Published Date : 29 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; Legal protections for those who speak up if they see wrongdoing, if far from comprehensive in North America, at least exist; such is not the norm south of the Rio Grande. Keith Nuthall reports from Ottawa; Gemma Handy, from St John’s, Antigua; and..

: Listening mode – Asia-Pacific tunes into whistleblowers; Online Published Date : 29 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; Chinese whispers, in which a message is relayed from person to person, may, until lately, have been the most likely route by which wrongdoing would become known to company management or officialdom in the Asia-Pacific region. Growing appreciation of..

: Whistling with confidence - Europe; Online Published Date : 29 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; Growing recognition that insiders are often best placed to expose misconduct but need to be protected from reprisals, and possibly incentivised, is reflected in new legislation in European Union and across its borders. Keith Nuthall, Brenda Dionisi,..

: Sound defence – whistleblower protection in the Middle East and Africa; Online Published Date : 29 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; Legislative safeguards for individuals who disclose wrongdoing, while no guarantee against retaliation, are evidence that a state recognises the value of speaking up. Paul Cochrane, in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Joe Charlaff, in Jerusalem; and..

: Material impact – audit revolution; Online Published Date : 29 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: February/March 2020 - 07 December 2019; The collapse of companies only lately adjudged to be going concerns has prompted some deep thinking about the audit profession. Jonathan Dyson finds radical change on the agenda. As financial frauds grow in complexity and sophistication, so does..

: Former prime minister convicted over Malaysia’s US$4.5bn 1MDB fraud; Online Published Date : 29 July 2020 | Appeared in issue: August/September 2020 - 04 June 2020; BySara Lewis