Tag Archives: fraud

Undue influence

Posted on August 4, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

I’m of an age when the people I admired in my youth were known as “role models” – for me, people like Olivia Newton-John and Indira Gandhi (I had wide-ranging interests and confused professional ambitions – should I top the … Continue reading →

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A new chapter for financial crime

Posted on July 7, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

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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The young and the riskless

Posted on March 24, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

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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The age of the mistress criminal?

Posted on February 3, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

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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Waiting on the outside

Posted on October 21, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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Ethics girls and boys

Posted on September 30, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

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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Happy holidays!

Posted on August 19, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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A sprinkling of SAR-dust

Posted on June 17, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

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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A most tempting offer

Posted on June 10, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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Keep washing that money

Posted on April 22, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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