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The WFF Annual Conference 2023, will be held at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Friday, 15 September. The Programme is complete (see below): Book on Eventbrite. A list of Speakers and their profiles is now available on our Events page.
Time | Duration | Speaker / Session |
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08:30 | 30 mins | Registration |
09:00 | 10 mins | WFF Chair, Paul Cunningham — Welcome and introduction |
09:10 | 20 mins | Adrian Crompton Auditor General Wales — Keynote speech |
09:30 | 30 mins | Sarah Windress — Public Sector Fraud Authority and Role |
10:00 | 60 mins | Steve Baxter & Glenn Wicks — Criminal side of insolvency |
11:00 | 15 mins | Coffee |
11:15 | 60 mins | Panel: Dr Bastian Hertstein, Dr Samantha Bourton & Dr Diana Johnson — Failure to prevent fraud model |
12:15 | 30 mins | Branislav Hock — Pyramid fraud and the curious case of its participants |
12:45 | 45 mins | Lunch |
13:30 | 60 mins | Paul Peters & Chris Roberts — AI and fraud, Fraud prevention and response |
14:30 | 60 mins | Fire side chat: Dr Henry Hillman & Terry Davies — Crypto currency fraud |
15:30 | 15 mins | Coffee |
15:45 | 60 mins | James Rickett & Leeanna Feiken — Suspicious activity reports and their impact |
16:45 | 15 mins | WFF Vice Chair, Stephen Tooby — Closing remarks |
17:00 | Finish |
The Tenancy Fraud Forum, in partnership with the Fraud Advisory Panel, have today published new research Lost homes, lost hope: social housing fraud in England – recovering social homes for those in need. It examines the problem of social housing fraud, often called tenancy fraud, which is the unlawful occupation of social housing property.
A review of The House of Lords Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee's new report, Fighting Fraud: Breaking the Chain, in summary calls for: