10th anniversary fraud conference
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, Leeds, LS10 1LT
Key topics at this year’s conference include:
- tackling insider fraud effectively
- the growing use of social engineering to commit fraud
- the cyber-threat: how vulnerable are we?
- private prosecutions and the presentation of evidence
Our keynote speaker this year is Paul Kimmage, the former Olympic cyclist and now journalist, who was instrumental in exposing Lance Armstrong as a fraud. Paul will tell his story and explore the relevance of whistleblowing to all types of organisation.
Chairman: Shari Vahl, Reporter and Presenter, BBC
Programme
| 09.15 | Coffee and registration |
| 09.45 | YHFF WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION |
| 09.50 | CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION |
| 09.55 | CURRENT AND EMERGING TRENDS IN FRAUD Mark Cheeseman, Deputy Director – Cross Government Fraud & Error Policy, Fraud, Error & Debt Team Cabinet Office |
| 10.30 | THE GROWING USE OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING TO COMMIT FRAUD and what your organisation can do to prevent it Jenny Radcliffe, Jenny Radcliffe Training |
| 11.05 | Coffee |
| 11.25 | PRIVATE PROSECUTIONS AND THE PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE Jonah Anderson, Associate – Corporate Crime & Investigations Team, Addleshaw Goddard and A Name, job title, Grant Thornton |
| 12.05 | THE CYBER-THREAT: HOW VULNERABLE ARE WE? Jason Hart, VP – Cloud Solutions, Safenet (former ethical hacker) and Lee Newcombe, Senior Manager, KPMG |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.45 | KEYNOTE WHISTLEBLOWING: A RACE TO THE TRUTH Paul Kimmage, former Olympic cyclist and journalist |
| 14.20 | TACKLING INSIDER FRAUD EFFECTIVELY Stephen Senior, Head of Financial Crime Prevention, Leeds Building Society |
| 14.50 | Coffee |
| 15.10 | CASE STUDY: OPERATION COMPONENT Operation Component was a complex investigation that targeted a highly sophisticated organised crime gang from Manchester, who made around £3m by hijacking corporate identities. The gang were jailed for a total of 15 years in February 2013. DCI Dave Pester, Greater Manchester Police |
| 15.45 | Chairman’s closing remarks |
| 16.00 | Close of conference |
