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Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q2 2020
Mary Young
14 April 2020
Fraud in the time of COVID-19 - The law enforcement response
The National Crime Agency (NCA) issued its Action Plan for 2020-21 earlier this month, alongside a Strategic Threat Assessment. The Annual Plan sets out the NCA’s operational priorities for the year ahead and sets out how it will lead a “whole-system response to serious and organised crime”. At the heart of this is the objective to “reduce the harm from economic crime to individuals, the UK Economy and its Institutions, tackling fraud, money laundering and cybercrime”.
9 April 2020
Business Plan 2020-21: FCA remains vigilant to potential misconduct
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has this week published its annual Business Plan. Unsurprisingly, the emergence of COVID-19 has significantly impacted the organisation’s ability to set out its strategic focus for the next three years. While the Plan sets out the areas of priority on which it intends to focus in this period, it recognises that it may be months before the FCA is able to focus fully on the activities set out in the Plan and that the issues to be addressed may change significantly over the coming months.
30 March 2020
COVID-19 and the FCA - Scams, short selling and more
The COVID-19 pandemic has already had a significant impact on all aspects of the financial services industry, including on firms, customers, regulators, capital markets and their participants. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to engage closely with the sector as it seeks to respond effectively to the current crisis. This has included releasing a number of statements relating to various matters including scams, short selling, operational and financial resilience, and financial reporting.
3 February 2020
Banks to tackle fraud by introducing extra checks on transfers
From 31 March 2020, the UK’s six largest banking groups will start checking whether the name entered on a bank transfer matches the names of the recipient bank account. It is hoped the move will combat transfer scams and errors and make it less likely customers’ money ends up in the wrong hands.
13 September 2019
'Flipping defendants' – a new emphasis or a recycled aim?
In the fight against global economic crime, the authorities have repeatedly advocated their desire to seek the assistance of those who have participated in, or have information concerning, criminal wrongdoing. They do so in a number of ways: through the help of whistleblowers, informants, suspects or defendants testifying in court and the use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs).
