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
Feeling the benefit
One of my very favourite things in my professional life is the concept of criminal benefit. I like what this says about our attitude to crime and those who commit it. Put very simply – and I am sure a … Continue reading
Still selling their souls
In my spare time I think about financial crime, because I am the author of a series of historical financial crime novels set in London in the 1820s. When I tried to interest publishers in the first in the series, … Continue reading
Cat food, trains and money laundering
It’s amazing what public opinion can do – let’s just say George Galloway and cats, and leave it at that. Today I was browsing a motley assortment of websites, buying cat food and train tickets, and something caught my eye: … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, communication, financial crime, fraud, modern slavery, money laundering, proceeds of crime, slavery
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Ignorance is the worst defence
In Hong Kong recently, an Indonesian domestic worker who allowed a friend to use her bank account to deposit the proceeds from a loan-sharking business (which charged interest rates of 1,000%) was jailed for money laundering. At her trial, Ms … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, communication, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, proceeds of crime, suspicion
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ID and me
I’ve just been on holiday to Italy, where – in common with many EU and other countries – it is compulsory to carry photographic ID at all times. The only photo ID I have is my passport; my driving licence … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, due diligence, fraud, legislation, money laundering, risk-based approach, suspicion
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Thrill-seekers and risk-takers
In a recent post I talked about the work of Keith Vaz as the chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, which has been responsible – among many other things – for a review into the UK’s proceeds of crime … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, proceeds of crime, white collar crime
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The forgotten victims
Sometimes, what with all the law and policies and procedures, it is easy to forget that every money laundering or white collar crime case is about people. Whether they are the perpetrators or the victims, the laundering or other crime … Continue reading
No more honours, Your Honour
Financial crime is not only bad for your sense of honour – it is bad for your honours. American financier Allen Stanford, you will recall, was sentenced to 110 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme so massive and … Continue reading
Washing on a star
I will admit that when it comes to reality TV – whether it’s talent shows or making people eat bugs in the jungle or watching the banal lives of young adults in Essex or Chelsea – I’m a non-starter. My … Continue reading
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Tagged financial crime, fraud, money laundering, organised crime, proceeds of crime, smuggling, tax evasion
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Washing clean our sins
When I was a teenager, I had something of a crush on Tom Cruise. Come on, ladies of my age: you remember him dancing in his undies in 1983 hit movie “Risky Business”. What finally cured me of my infatuation … Continue reading
