Resources

This guide explains how fraud is usually dealt with under the civil law in England and Wales and how it can be used to recover losses.

This guide provides an overview of the UK justice system and explains some of the most common terms used.

Charities are currently at a high risk of fraud and should take steps during International Charity Fraud Awareness Week to protect themselves, the Fraud Advisory Panel has said today.

A new guide to help stop charities from failling victim to COVID-related scams has been published today.

Response to the Financial Reporting Council consultation on the revision of the International Standard on Auditing ISA(UK)240 (updated January 2020): ‘the auditor’s responsibilities relating to fraud in an audit of financial statements’, dated 29 January 2021

Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer outlining ongoing concerns about a perceived weakeness in the banking system and the need for a centralised data repository to prevent fraud against the government-backs coronavirus loan schemes, dated 3 March 2021.

Response to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 2019 on the extent to which recommendations and areas for improvement identied in its fraud report ‘fraud: time to choose’ have been implemented, dated 5 March 2021.

This guide explains the purpose of Norwich Pharmacal Orders and when they can be used to help fraud victims during investigations into wrongdoing.

Evidence to the Public Accounts Committee inquiry into fraud and error during the COVID-19 pandemic, dated 22 April 2021.

Policy recommendations on preventing fraud on social media.

Response to the Home Office call for information on the Computer Misuse Act 1990, dated 11 June 2021.

Response to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) consultation on restoring trust in audit and corporate governance, dated 8 July 2021.

Response to the Law Commission’s consultation on its 14th programme of law reform, dated 30 July 2021.

Response to the Law Commission’s discussion paper on corporate criminal liability, dated 30 August 2021.

Research into the pros and cons of introducing a mandatory requirement on organisations to report fraud.

Research into the pros and cons of introducing a mandatory requirement on organisations to report fraud.

Three of four fraud professionals believe that reporting frauds committed against organisation should be mandated in England and Wales in a bid to stamp our a crime which costs billions each year, a new report published today.

Take action on fraud’, regulator warns charities, as a new figures show over £8million reported lsot to crime last year.

Research into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fraud within the charity sector.

A new guide to help homeowners avoid property title fraud, where home ownership can be stolen, has been released today by the Fraud Advisory Panel, HM Land Registry and the Law Society of England and Wales.

Your property is probably the most valuable thing you will ever own. Find out how to protect it from fraud.

Interviews with current chair Sir David Green CB QC (2022) and former chair David Clarke (2019 – 2021) about their fraud-fighting careers.

Sir David Green CB QC, a former director of the Serious Fraud Office, has today become the new chair of the independent fraud watchdog the Fraud Advisory Panel