Masterclass
Topic: “LIVE Investigation into newly formed UK Registered Companies”
Wednesday 5th November 2025
9.30 - 11.30am
Online event - A teams link will be issued to those registered before the event
North West Fraud Forum are continuing their masterclass program with our next online event. We are delighted to welcome speakers Graham Barrow and Ray Blake of the Dark Money Files and Risk Alert 247.
AGENDA
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9.20
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Online meeting join time
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9.30
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Welcome and Introduction
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9.35
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Presentation from Graham Barrow and Ray Blake
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10.30
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Comfort Break
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10.35
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Continuation of the presentation from Graham Barrow and Ray Blake
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11.30
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Summary and Close
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SPEAKERS BIOS
Graham Barrow, Podcaster and financial crime investigator, The Dark Money Files and Risk Alert 247
Graham has worked in financial services for the past twenty-five years, mainly providing subject matter expertise in respect of global financial crime as well as providing in-depth research on UK company formations.
Latterly, he has become well known as one half of “The Dark Money Files” podcast alongside his business partner and longstanding veteran of the world of anti-financial crime, Ray Blake as well as being one of the founders of Risk Alert 247 Limited which provides real time corporate risk ratings to a variety of UK financial institutions.
Graham regularly speaks at in-house and public events to raise awareness of the close links between financial crime and the organised criminal gangs and corrupt individuals who are responsible for so much of the dirty money entering the financial system, most particularly with respect to the UK companies which are often at their heart.
Ray Blake, Director, The Dark Money Files and Risk Alert 247
Ray Blake is an experienced anti-financial crime professional who has been at the frontline of the regulation of retail financial services since the late eighties. Most recently he has worked with global banks to strengthen their defences against financial crime, both at policy and operational levels. He is frequently engaged to communicate with audiences encompassing senior management, frontline staff and risk & compliance functions on financial crime initiatives. He has served in many interim assignments including as Head of Compliance and Money Laundering Reporting Officer and he and Graham Barrow have worked together for twenty-five years, most recently in The Dark Money Files and Risk Alert 247.
Attendance at this event is available for free for NWFF members
or an alternate colleague - please email us at admin1@northwestfraudforum.co.uk to register an alternate colleague.
If you are not a member you are welcome to join - click here for more information.
