Combatting Public Sector Fraud 2023
Online Conference
Online Conference 23 March 2023, 9:00am - 3:00pm
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair's Welcome Address
Marc McAuley, Senior Consultant, Counter Fraud
9:40am
Turning the Tide, Using Education to Prevent Fraud
- The landscape and the need for education
- Housing Association case study – a case for educating on right and wrong with conflicts of interest as an example.
- The House of Lords’ report on breaking the chain – what did they say about education on fraud?
- The platform public sector has to inform and educate
- Conclusions
Arun Chauhan, Solicitor, Tenet
10:00am
Cifas – Collaborating Across Sectors
Rachael Tiffen, Director - Public Services, Cifas
10:20am
Delivering Essex-wide Benefits From Data Collaboration
- Arose out of an innovative pan-Essex agreement to share back Council Tax income
- Data is being shared from a variety of systems each month by every council in Essex to identify anomalies
- 5:1 return on investment since 2016 in actual, not notional, cash
- Functionality has widened to include civil emergencies responsibilities
Rob Hawes, Revenue and Benefit Services Manager, Chelmsford City Council
10:40am
Question And Answers Session
11:00am
Break And Networking
11:30am
Combatting fraud: Technology, Expertise ... and People
Professor Chris Cowton, Associate Director, Institute of Business Ethics, and Emeritus Professor, University of Huddersfield
11:50am
Protecting People’s Pensions: Understanding and Preventing Scams
- The nature of pension fraud offending and scams, and evolution over time
- The systemic vulnerabilities to pension fraud and scams
- The protective systems across the pension sector
- The coordination of the controls and response across the public sector
Dr Michael Skidmore, Senior Researcher, The Police Foundation
12:10pm
Question And Answers Session
12:30pm
Discussion Session
Led by Marc McAuley
12:50pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Future Fraud Trends And Concerns For Organisations In The Public Sector
- Increasing virtual operation and inclusion of digital technologies result in more opportunities for fraud within the sector
- Growing needs for multi-layered and real-time fraud assessments
- Incorporation of crypto-currency and increased financial digitalisation into fraud assessments
- New technologies and opportunities within the counter-fraud sector to improve security and safety
Dr Nicola Harding, Lecturer, Lancaster University
2:00pm
Countering Fraud in the Covid-19 Loan Schemes
- Spotlight on Corruption’s appeal for the names of companies that received Covid-19 loans
- Countering fraud in the design and implementation of government support schemes
- Investing in law enforcement to identify fraud and recover losses
- Transparency and good data management to tackle fraud and protect public funds
George Havenhand, Senior Legal Researcher, Spotlight on Corruption
2:20pm
Questions And Answers Session
2:40pm
Chair's Summary And Close
Restoring Public Trust and Strengthening Fraud Defences
Unfortunately Dame Margaret is unable to join us today but we are aiming to share a post-event recording.
Dame Margaret Hodge, Chair of APPG for Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax, MP for Barking