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Anti-Financial Crime Strategy Webcast Series

Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail… Fighting financial crime is not an optional activity. Recent attention by both regulators and the press has highlighted the need for business leaders to be proactive in combating financial crime.
I. Formation of an End-to-End Loss Reduction Strategy
Learning Objectives:
Where a Fraud Strategy fits into an overall organisational strategy
How to build the internal business case
How to define and monitor measures of success
II. Mechanisms for Preventing Fraud & a Detection-Based Architecture
Learning Objectives:
Understanding method, motive and opportunity
Dealing with the data
Considering storage
Generating alerts and taking action
Workflow and support of the investigation
III. Principles of Fraud Detection Supported by Technology
Learning Objectives:
Intelligence-led detection
Data-matching and verification
Visualisation
Rules and statistical profiles
Advanced analytics
IV. Dealing with Money Laundering in the Real World
Learning Objectives:
Why money laundering is such an important issue
Why we treat it differently to fraud
The legal and regulatory regimes (USA, UK & EU)
Some unexpected consequences of Anti-Money Laundering requirements
V. The Future of Technology in Dealing with Fraud
Learning Objectives:
The pressure on criminals to adapt
Some examples of sophisticated crimes
The cutting edge of detection technologies
VI. Fraud Investigation within a Strategic Framework
Learning Objectives:
The strategic objectives of investigation
Fraud Response Plan or Fraud Investigation Plan?
Conducting the investigation
Involving law enforcement
What constitutes a 'successful' investigation?
VII. Pre-Employment Screening: Keeping The Fraudsters Off The Payroll
Learning Objectives:
How one London Local Authority protects itself and its customers against fraud
How to make these checks part of the anti-fraud culture
The benefits of undertaking checks on successful applicants
What processes can be used to establish these checks in an organisation
VIII. Fraud Strategy: Is Your Culture Holding You Back?

Learning Objectives:
The motivation and psychology of fraud and how it drives our strategy
Recruiting and retaining the right staff
Some of the inhibitors to cultural change
How to influence positive behaviour in the organisation
Some sample techniques and measures for cultural change programmes

IX. Watching the Detectives: Fraud Detection and Tuning Techniques
Learning Objectives:
How to put fraud detection into a wider framework
The relative merits of the main detection techniques
How to use yield-based analysis to understand how to choose which technique to use and when
X. Public Sector Fraud: When You Can't Choose Who to Do Business With
Learning Objectives:
How the public sector ethos and regulation can be used against it
How public sector infrastructure can be both inhibitor and enabler to combating fraud
The implications of ‘proportionate response’

In this ten part webcast series, Peter Dorrington examines leading edge thinking on how to combat financial crime and maximise revenues.

Associated Videos
The Future of Fraud Detection & Prevention in the Public Sector
Peter hosts a panel discussion with several of Europe's leading experts from the European Commission Anti-Fraud Office, the UK Police, the UK National Health Service & Agrarmarkt Austria.

SAS Forum International 2004
Peter talks about strategic detection and prevention – a difficult task for large organizations due to the large amounts of data.

Associated Articles
A Strategic Approach to Reducing Losses
Peter has written a 60 page White Paper to accompany this webcast series.

Fraud Prevention Through
Pre-Employment Screening

Rachael Tiffen has written a 20 page supplement to Peter's White Paper.

The Challenge of Data Matching
Peter has written a 16 page second supplement to his White Paper.

Detection and Detection Tuning Techniques
Peter has written a 28 page third supplement to his White Paper.

About Peter Dorrington
Peter Dorrington is the Head of Fraud Solutions with SAS UK. He works with a wide variety of clients and partners, focussing on the technologies for detecting and preventing Fraud and Money Laundering.

Any Questions?
If you have any questions on the issues raised in this seminar series, please email Mick Schonhut


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