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An evaluation of a restorative justice trial: where the victims are businesses and the offenders are insurance fraudsters

December 6, 2016 Louise Stockley Leave a comment

Perpetuity Research have completed a study into the use of restorative justice with low level insurance fraudsters. This is the first known Restorative Trial focussing exclusively on this type of offender. The Trial was headed by the City of London Police working in conjunction with insurers. Like most Trials of this nature it provided a number of important learning points. […]

New research finds that up to 45% of fraud is linked to organised crime.

August 25, 2016 Ashley Bennett Leave a comment

New research by the Police Foundation and Perpetuity Research has found that between 31% and 45% of fraud may be linked to organised crime. This is up to three times higher than the 15% found in previous studies. The research, which was funded by the Dawes Trust, looked at a large sample of frauds taking place in the Midlands and […]

CRIME BYTES: New Joint Fraud Taskforce to be launched to combat fraud in the UK

February 26, 2016 Ruth Crocker Leave a comment

In an announcement last week, Home Secretary Theresa May revealed the upcoming launch of a new Joint Fraud Taskforce to combat fraud in the UK. Consisting of a collaboration of representatives from the City of London Police, National Crime Agency, Financial Fraud Action UK, CIFAS, the Bank of England, and CEOs of the major banks, the taskforce will set out […]

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Retail Crime at a Record High

February 9, 2016 Ashley Bennett Leave a comment

According to the BRC’s 2015 Retail Crime Survey, the cost of crime on the retail market was over £600 million in 2015, which is an increase on last year with more than 4 million offences committed. While there are problems in any survey of this the, and caution is needed in relying on findings, the results merit attention. Of all the […]

Christmas Shopping: Be Wary of Online Fraudsters

November 26, 2015 Ashley Bennett Leave a comment

With Christmas approaching, many people see Black Friday and Cyber Monday as a great way to save money and find cheap deals. However, Action Fraud, the City of London Police and Get Safe Online have joined together to launch a campaign to raise awareness and warn people about the increased risks of online crime. Online fraudsters see the christmas period as a […]

Crime Bytes – Banks are not liable in most vishing frauds, warns Financial Ombudsman Service

September 22, 2015 Ashley Bennett Leave a comment

Voice phishing (commonly referred to as vishing) is the criminal practice of using social engineering over the phone to gain access to victims’ personal and financial information in order to defraud them. Fraudsters often pose as bank staff or police officers, and can use clever techniques such as manipulating Caller ID and staying on the line after victims think they […]

5 key tips to protect your personal information

July 31, 2015 Ashley Bennett Leave a comment

Identity theft has undoubtedly become a key challenge to the general public which is increasing. According to CIFAS, the UK’s fraud prevention agency, identity fraud increased by 31% during the first three months of 2015 and following these figures the City of London Police have provided 5 key tips for the public to protect their personal information from fraudsters. Firstly, it is advised […]

Counterfeiters Beware of this Tiny Technology

September 30, 2014 Ruth Crocker Leave a comment

A new breakthrough in microparticle technology may help to prevent the forging of currency and the sale of counterfeit, sub-standard and unsafe goods to unwary customers. Scientists and engineers at MIT have developed a new microscopic barcode that can be embedded into currency, credit cards and industrial packaging. Although these tiny barcodes are invisible to the naked eye, they reveal […]

Action Fraud Scheme

January 16, 2013 perpetuity-research Leave a comment

Four police forces in the West Midlands have joined the Action Fraud scheme. Action Fraud is a service run by the National Fraud Authority whose job it is to co-ordinate the UK’s response to fraud. The purpose of the scheme is to act as a single point of contact for the public to report incidents of fraud, these are then […]

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Sharing Personal Information Online

December 5, 2012 perpetuity-research Leave a comment

Perpetuity recently completed a piece of work for ALLOW, the London based information privacy company. In this small scale study, we spoke to an exoffender, with experience of exploiting personal information from online sources to commit fraud, in order to understand how personal information can be acquired from different sources, what types of information are desired and how they are used. We found that fraudsters can […]

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