#FRAUDCONF21
2 & 3 FEBRUARY 2021
Preparing for the New World: A Toolkit For Action
About
The Fraud Advisory Panel, INSOL Europe and R3 are proud to host their first joint Fraud Conference on the 2 & 3 February 2021, which will provide a counter-fraud toolkit for practitioners to help them prepare for the new world.
This conference will bring together world-class speakers including policy makers, insolvency experts, fraud specialists and renowned academics, who will deliver unique insights into hot topics related to global financial crime including tackling rogue companies, cryptocurrency fraud, digital forensics, how to make fraudsters pay and much more!
The Organisers
Fraud Advisory Panel is the voice of the counter-fraud profession, committed to tackling fraud and financial crime. It champions best practice in fraud prevention, detection, reporting, investigation and prosecution.
INSOL Europe is the leading European organisation of professionals who specialise in insolvency, business reconstruction and recovery. Its Anti-Fraud Forum working group was established in 2012 with the aim of promoting the use of insolvency processes to assist with the tracing and recovery of assets.
R3 is the trade association for the entire community of the UK's insolvency and restructuring professionals, whatever the size of their practice, their experience or their specialism.
About
The Fraud Advisory Panel, INSOL Europe and R3 are proud to host their first joint Fraud Conference on the 2 & 3 February 2021, which will provide a counter-fraud toolkit for practitioners to help them prepare for the new world.
This conference will bring together world-class speakers including policy makers, insolvency experts, fraud specialists and renowned academics, who will deliver unique insights into hot topics related to global financial crime including tackling rogue companies, cryptocurrency fraud, digital forensics, how to make fraudsters pay and much more!
The Organisers
Fraud Advisory Panel is the voice of the counter-fraud profession, committed to tackling fraud and financial crime. It champions best practice in fraud prevention, detection, reporting, investigation and prosecution.
INSOL Europe is the leading European organisation of professionals who specialise in insolvency, business reconstruction and recovery. Its Anti-Fraud Forum working group was established in 2012 with the aim of promoting the use of insolvency processes to assist with the tracing and recovery of assets.
R3 is the trade association for the entire community of the UK's insolvency and restructuring professionals, whatever the size of their practice, their experience or their specialism.
The Fraud Advisory Panel, INSOL Europe and R3 are proud to host their first joint Fraud Conference on the 2 & 3 February 2021, which will provide a counter-fraud toolkit for practitioners to help them prepare for the new world.
This conference will bring together world-class speakers including policy makers, insolvency experts, fraud specialists and renowned academics, who will deliver unique insights into hot topics related to global financial crime including tackling rogue companies, cryptocurrency fraud, digital forensics, how to make fraudsters pay and much more!
If you're wondering whether The Fraud Conference is right for you, ensure you check out Who Should Attend as well as our Reasons Why You Should Attend.
The Organisers
Fraud Advisory Panel is the voice of the counter-fraud profession, committed to tackling fraud and financial crime. It champions best practice in fraud prevention, detection, reporting, investigation and prosecution.
INSOL Europe is the leading European organisation of professionals who specialise in insolvency, business reconstruction and recovery. Its Anti-Fraud Forum was established in 2012 with the aim of promoting the use of insolvency processes to assist with the tracing and recovery of assets.
R3 is the trade association for the entire community of the UK's insolvency and restructuring professionals, whatever the size of their practice, their experience or their specialism.
Themes
Financial
Crime
Explore the changing nature of financial crime in a post-COVID world.
Law &
Order
Equip yourself with the key tools to tackle rogue companies and fraudsters.
The Online
World
Asset
Recovery
Hear about the latest developments in tackling fraud and tracing assets in the digital age.
Share best practice in counter fraud work and asset recovery.
Teaser Programme
Tackling rogue companies
George Greenwood, Journalist, The Times
Duncan Hames, Director of Policy, Transparancy International UK
Claire Jenkins, Forensic Accountant, Integrity and Enforcement Unit, Companies House
Michael Levi, Professor of Criminology, Cardiff University
Chair: Frances Coulson, Fraud Advisory Panel, INSOL Europe and R3
The abuse of companies to facilitate fraud and money laundering has been a subject of much interest and debate over the past ten years. Yet new cases continue to come to light exposing the ease in which companies can be set up (or taken over) both here and abroad for nefarious reasons. More recently there have been examples of fraudsters exploiting the system to take advantage of government stimulus schemes.
This panel session will examine what, if any, progress has been made to address this problem, what more can be done, and the important role that professionals can play, drawing upon a broad range of perspectives from the media, government, not-for-profit sectors.
Secret agents, smart contracts and crypto-assets: recovering funds in cryptocurrency fraud
Aidan Larkin, CEO, Asset Reality Ltd
Matthew Lavy, Barrister, 4 Pump Court
Catherine Naylor, Partner, Gowling WLG (UK) LLP
Amardeep Thandi, Associate Director, Control Risks
Chair: Frances Coulson, Fraud Advisory Panel, INSOL Europe and R3
In late 2019 the UK became the first jurisdiction to attempt to define the status of cryptoassets and smart contracts in law. This panel session will consider the latest developments and practical implications for counter fraud and asset recovery professionals working with new and emerging technologies.
Leading experts will provide insights into the role of smart contracts in the prevention and detection of fraud, the roles and responsibilities of cryptocurrency agents, and explore how cryptoassets can be recovered.
Making fraudsters pay: the counter fraud practitioner’s toolkit
Stéphane Bonifassi, Co-founder, International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators
Kevin Hellard, President, Insolvency Practitioners Association
Gary Forbes, Assistant Director, HM Revenue and Customs
Chair: Bart Heynickx, Co-Chair, INSOL Europe Anti-Fraud Forum
Initiating criminal or civil proceedings against fraudsters is just not enough. We want to make them pay. Or, in more legal terms, we want to be able to enforce legal decision upon them and seize their assets. That is not an easy task. Fraudsters are not only ‘good’ in committing their fraud, they are even better in hiding their identity and their assets, in the UK, the EU and offshore.
This session will focus on techniques to locate assets and turn them into value for the victims of the fraud. Such an objective can be achieved through criminal proceedings but also using civil measures such as (international) attachment proceedings. It is never easy and the element of surprise will always play an important role.
Digital forensics: gathering evidence in the online world
Matthew McGhee, Barrister, Twenty Essex
Vijay Rathour, Partner, Grant Thornton UK LLP
Héctor Sbert, Partner, LaWants
Chair: Bart Heynickx, Co-Chair, INSOL Europe Anti-Fraud Forum
The world is digital. Fraud has gone digital. Therefore our efforts to fight fraud and retrieve evidence have no choice but to also go digital. Digital forensic operations have to respect the principles of legitimacy, necessity and proportionality. If not, it could lead to inadmissible evidence. A difficult balance and task indeed.
This session’s panel of leading experts in the field of digital forensics will discuss and explain how digital evidence can be obtained and what forensic equipment and software tools are available today.
2
2 DAYS OF LIVE AND ON DEMAND SESSIONS
10
OVER 10 ESSENTIAL CPD HOURS
15
30
OVER 15
LIVE AND ON DEMAND SESSIONS, PACKED WITH CONTENT
OVER 30 EXPERT AND HIGHLY RENOWNED SPEAKERS
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