In this section you will find helpful tips and advice on the steps that you can take as part of your company’s strategies to help defend against the risk of fraud to your business.
Clear information and advice to help you protect yourself from fraud
Helpful guidance to enable you to protect you and your customers from fraud
Information and guidelines to assist you in the fight against fraud
A fraudster has been jailed for five years and four months after running a counterfeiting factory from his home. James Koma, aged 49, of Belvedere, Kent, was jailed by a judge at the Old Bailey today. When officers from the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) raided Koma’s house in May, they found significant items which could be used in the counterfeiting and production of cheques and counterfeit identity documents.
Two fraudsters have been sentenced for their involvement in the theft of £120,000 from a bank customer’s account. Police from the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) are now appealing for information which could help identify two women linked to the crime. Established in April 2002, the DCPCU has since achieved an estimated £479 million in savings from reduced fraud activity.
More than 1 million incidents of financial fraud occurred in the first six months of 2016, according to official figures released by Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK) today (20th September 2016). Representing a 53 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, this means an incident happened in the UK every 15 seconds between January and June 2016.
A fraudster who was the target in two separate police investigations has been jailed for three years following a Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) investigation.
