“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: white collar crime
Made to measure
About once a year I will say in a dreamy voice, “Perhaps I should do a PhD in criminology…”. I love the idea of spending months in the library as I craft my thesis, and then becoming the first-ever Dr … Continue reading
You say potato, I say prison
It’s becoming something of theme, isn’t it – professional enablers? I’ve certainly blogged about it before, as in this post. And just last month the Financial Action Task Force released their own report into the phenomenon, entitled “Professional Money Laundering”. … Continue reading
All hail to the cheat
Continuing my theme of topical posts, today I thought I would spend a few minutes thinking about Donald Trump – the man an American friend refers to as the Cheeto-in-Chief (a wonderful pun on both his approach to things and … Continue reading
Tainted treasures indeed
I have always been a swot, living mainly in my head. Physically I’ve never been much cop; I was always the one picked last – and even then, reluctantly – for sports teams, and my clumsiness is legendary. But in … Continue reading
Ring ring
Don’t you just hate cold calls? It’s a rare day when the media does not report on some new fraud being hawked by cold callers, usually in a foreign country so you can’t block their calls without blocking all overseas … Continue reading
Read all about it
As I prepare to launch my fifth historical crime novel on the world (you can read all about it here), I see that those dastardly money launderers have found a way to do their stuff via Amazon. Well, why not … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, organised crime, proceeds of crime, white collar crime
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A return to the bad old days
You all know how I feel about Brexit, so we shall draw a discreet veil over the months of wailing and gnashing of teeth and rending of garments that have befallen Grossey Mansions. However, as I had feared, we are … Continue reading
Writing a wrong
Last week I wrote a blog post about French gangster Jacques Cassandri, who is currently on trial for laundering the proceeds of a bank robbery that he claimed,in a book he wrote, to have masterminded. And this has started me … Continue reading
AML 1, bitcoin 0
There have been acres of newsprint (and the digital equivalent) written in recent months about the long-term future of bitcoin in particular and cryptocurrencies in general. The value of bitcoin, for instance, is going through the roof, and then back … Continue reading
A family business
I think I have written before about crime – including money laundering – often being a family business. There are many advantages: for instance, there is absolute loyalty (twice over: blood and business), and there is nothing suspicious about the … Continue reading
