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WFF Annual Conference: 15 September 2023
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
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
Lost homes, lost hope — a report into social housing fraud
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:
A new cabinet-level subcommittee to tackle fraud, Chaired by the Security Minister.
Fraud to be written into the Strategic Policing Requirement, which sets out the top priorities for the police.
A new corporate criminal offence of 'failure to prevent fraud', applicable across all sectors, accompanied by significant financial penalties to try to change company behaviour regarding fraud.
A Government-led, centrally funded consumer awareness campaign in partnership with industry to raise the country’s awareness about digital fraud.
The urgent reintroduction of the Online Safety Bill to Parliament.
Fraud and Corruption: two sides of the same coin
Andrew Clarke — Financial Crime Consultant and an internationally recognized subject matter expert who has played a key role on projects including FATF country evaluations, the UN/World Bank StAR initiative and global training programmes. Andrew will discuss the overlapping aspects of Fraud and Corruption.
