NWFF would like to thank our speakers, exhibitors and hosts for contributing towards a very successful inaugural Annual Conference which reached capacity with 120 delegates registered.

Here was the programme for the day:

08.30: REGISTRATION, COFFEE, MEET OUR EXHIBITORS

09.00: CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME, OPENING OF CONFERENCE

Claire Graham, Chair of North West Fraud Forum

Detective Supt Paul Denn, NWROCU

09.15: NATIONAL TRENDS AND THREATS

Andy Baguley, City of London Police/Action Fraud

09.50: A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO FRAUD

Professor Mike Levi, Cardiff University

10.25: USING COMPANIES HOUSE DATA WITH A CRITICAL EYE

Claire Jenkins, Companies House

11.00: COFFEE, NETWORKING, MEET OUR EXHIBITORS

11.30: SANCTIONS OVERVIEW

Neil Whiley, UK Finance

12.05: UK FRAUD FORUM UPDATE

Rob Brooker, London Fraud Forum

12.20: SPONSOR INTRODUCTION

Darran Jennison, Barclays

12.30: LUNCH, NETWORKING, MEET OUR EXHIBITORS

13.30: AN INTRODUCTION TO LIVE COMPANY INVESTIGATIONS

Pauline Draper and Lee McKenna, Insolvency Service

14.05: THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY OF RANSOMWARE

Daniel Foulkes-Jones, Grant Thornton

15.00: COFFEE, NETWORKING, MEET OUR EXHIBITORS

15.30: ARE CRYPTO AND NFT’S THE NEW ‘WILD WEST’ FOR FRAUD

Aidan Larkin, Asset Reality will lead a ‘Fireplace chat’ with Danielle Haston, Chainalysis, Detective Inspector Lynden James, NWROCU and Terry Davies, Asset Reality

16.20: CONFERENCE SUMMARY AND CLOSE

DI Shifa Chowdhury-Jones, Honorary President of North West Fraud Forum

16.30: NETWORKING, POST CONFERENCE DRINKS