“The Solo Squid: How to Run a Happy One-Person Business”
“Heir Apparent” – the sixth Sam Plank novel
FREE Official Guide to the Sam Plank Mysteries – sample chapters and glossary
New e-boxset of first three Sam Plank e-books! Click image to buy…
“Faith, Hope and Trickery” – the fifth Sam Plank novel
New piggy in the sty! This one is for UK estate agents
Collection of columns: “Susan in the City: The Cambridge News Years”
“Portraits of Pretence” – the fourth Sam Plank novel
Sam speaks! New audiobook of “Fatal Forgery”
“Worm in the Blossom” – the third Sam Plank novel
AML for NEDs in five editions: Guernsey, Isle of Man, International, Jersey and UK
AML books for UK staff
AML books for Guernsey staff
AML books for Jersey staff
AML books for Gibraltar staff
“The Man in the Canary Waistcoat” – the second Sam Plank novel
“Fatal Forgery” – the first Sam Plank novel
Edward’s adventures now out in 6-part e-format
Another good read
Tag Archives: fraud
A new chapter for financial crime
When you live in a country with a Prime Minister who is alleged to have said in April 2021 that he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than order a third lockdown, and who now confirms that “we … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, AML, Chancellor, corruption, financial crime, fraud, HM Treasury, HMG, MLRO, money laundering, regulation, risk-based approach
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The young and the riskless
I never thought I’d say this, but there are two great advantages to being 55: (a) I’ve had my first covid jab (one shivery night afterwards but apart from that – woohoo!), and (b) I’m not being targeted quite as … Continue reading
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Tagged FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, fraud, fraudster, investment, MLRO, money laundering, research, risk
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The age of the mistress criminal?
I have written a couple of times before (here and here) about the ascendency of women in the world of criminality in general and money laundering in particular. And it seems that this is no short-term trend – it’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, AML, cryptocurrencies, drug trafficking, fraud, front business, money laundering, OCG, organised crime, Ponzi
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Waiting on the outside
I have been doing some research into SCPOs. No, not the gold chap from “Star Wars” – I mean Serious Crime Prevention Orders. Once a convicted criminal has served his time in prison, it is often wise not only to … Continue reading
Ethics girls and boys
With the recent headlines concerning Mr Trump’s tax arrangements and Mr Johnson’s awarding of government contracts to chums, you can imagine that the issue of morality has been much on my mind. I come from mixed stock: one half of … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, communication, due diligence, ethics, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, research, risk-based approach, suspicion, training
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Happy holidays!
Well hello everyone – I’m back. And while I was away on my hols, I did wonder whether taking time off in the summer was the responsible thing to do. As long ago as 1831, astronomer and statistician Adolphe Quetelet … Continue reading
A sprinkling of SAR-dust
There is regularly – and quite rightly – a fair amount of soul-searching about the SARs regime. Does it shift the burden of investigation from law enforcement to the financial sector? Does it cost much more than it saves? Are … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, Bank Secrecy Act, communication, disclosure, due diligence, FATF, financial crime, FinCEN, FIU, fraud, organised crime, proceeds of crime, RUSI, SARs, suspicion, suspicious activity report
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A most tempting offer
The name of my company is the result of a family joke: my father observed one day that I was always thinking about crime. I wasn’t sure I’d be allowed to have the name but I was, and it’s memorable … Continue reading
Keep washing that money
This blog – much like its author – veers wildly between buoyancy and doom, and this week it’s the latter. Sorry about that. And it’s about the pestilence. Sorry about that too. But there’s no lock-down for criminality and I … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Due diligence, Fraud, Money laundering, Organised crime
Tagged AML, corruption, due diligence, FBI, financial crime, fraud, mafia, money laundering, organised crime, proceeds of crime, white collar crime
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The topic will be sin and that’s what I’m ag’in
At the beginning of April 2020 the UK’s National Crime Agency published its “National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2020”. Of course, much of this report looks at the damage being done by criminals but – as instructed … Continue reading
