7/12/2022 10:54:28 AM Lessons from the Art World: Anti-fraud tools for HNW individuals By Kyle Phillips The story of how Inigo Philbrook used art to con investors out of $86 million may sound like it comes straight from a Hollywood movie,...
4/22/2020 12:45:19 PM The FCA's Plans For Tackling Financial Crime in 2020/21 By Howard Kennedy The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have released their latest business plan for 2020/21. The plan outlines 5 key priorities:...
4/8/2020 12:00:00 AM High Court dismisses Unexplained Wealth Order over £80m London properties: where now for the NCA? By Ian Ryan On 8 April 2020 The High Court dismissed the Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) obtained by the National Crime Agency (NCA) over three London...
4/6/2020 11:13:15 AM Interim charging and interview protocols: a response to the Covid-19 crisis By Howard Kennedy The Criminal Justice System has been profoundly disrupted by the Covid-19 outbreak. No new jury or summary trials are being started and...
3/27/2020 12:00:00 AM No love in the time of Coronavirus, a fraud, bribery and corruption epidemic? By Ian Ryan In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, a more familiar disease permeates our society – that of bribery and corruption. Regrettably, such...
3/11/2020 2:24:43 PM The fight against fraud - an update By Howard Kennedy PWC have just released the findings from their Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2020. It examines over 5,000 responses from 99...
6/19/2019 12:00:00 AM Hiding your digital assets in your digital mattress By Howard Kennedy The Binance exchange was hacked in early May with 7000 Bitcoin taken from its hot wallet, which at the time had a value of $42 million. A...
5/7/2019 12:00:00 AM Star Wars and Companies House - letting light in on the dark side? By Rosie Graham Two Companies House-related items in the media caught my eye at the weekend. The first is a blog post, If Darth Vader owned a company by...
1/17/2019 12:00:00 AM Infertility discovery leads Dad to realise... he's not the father. By Howard Kennedy Co-founder of Moneysupermarket.com, Richard Mason, set what could be a new precedent for claiming back against a divorce settlement when...
4/27/2017 12:00:00 AM New kid on the AML Block(chain) By Howard Kennedy "Distributed ledger technology (DLT) such as Blockchain is playing an increasingly prevalent role in combatting money laundering and this...