12th annual YHFF conference
Wednesday 15 November 2017
Park Plaza Hotel, Leeds
The 12th annual YHFF conference was held on Wednesday 15th November 2017 at the Park Plaza Hotel, Leeds.
The event was attended by over 80 front-line anti-fraud practitioners and was extremely well received:
“One of the best conferences I have attended.”
“An excellent conference.”
Key topics at this year’s conference included:
- the cybercrime threat landscape, including the Dark Web
- an update from the Joint Fraud Task Force
- data protection and data loss: the implications for anti-fraud practitioners of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Programme
| 09.15 | Coffee and registration |
| 09.45 | YHFF WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION |
| 09.50 | CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION |
| 10.10 | AN UPDATE FROM THE JOINT FRAUD TASK FORCE Owen Rowland, Head of Economic and Cyber Crime Unit (ECCU), Strategic Centre for Organised Crime, Home Office |
| 10.45 | TACKLING FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN THE CHARITY SECTOR |
| 11.20 | Coffee |
| 11.40 | DATA PROTECTION AND DATA LOSS (WITH CASE STUDY) Speakers: Ewan Donald, Senior Manager, KPMG Beatrice Duke, Associate, Addleshaw Goddard Andy Ralston, Investigations Manager, Aviva |
| 12.40 | Lunch |
| 13.25 | THE FRAUD VICTIM’S PERSPECTIVE Shari Vahl will interview a fraud victim, who will share their experience of a case of boiler room fraud. |
| 14.05 | THE CYBERCRIME THREAT LANDSCAPE – is the Dark Web as scary as it’s made out to be? – understanding the threats from ransomware, malware, phishing and business email compromise – and protecting your business from attack – Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Human Intelligence (HUMINT) and how to use them to defend your company Adrian Cheek, Threat Intelligence Lead, Cyber Security Specialist, Tempest Security Intelligence |
| 14.45 | Coffee |
| 15.00 | AN UPDATE FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FRONT LINE: the changing face of the police response to fraud Detective Chief Inspector Jon Hodgeon, North Yorkshire Police |
| 15.40 | CASE STUDY: OPERATION BOLDO Operation Boldo was a recent food fraud case involving enquiries in the UK, Denmark, Ireland, Poland, France, the Netherlands and Italy . The City of London Police worked with partners from local authorities, the Food Standards Agency and the food industry, resulting in two convictions in July 2017 for conspiracy to defraud. A representative, City of London Police |
| 16.15 | Chairman’s closing remarks |
| 16.30 | Close of conference |
