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• NWFF ANNUAL CONFERENCE - 27 FEBRUARY 2025

  • When
    27 Feb 2025
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    9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Greater Manchester Police Sports and Social Club, The Hough End Centre, Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 7SX
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  • Registered
    127 registrants

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  2025 NWFF Annual Conference

  Thursday 27 February 2025

  9.00am - 4.45pm

  
  

  Venue: Greater Manchester Police

  Sports and Social Club, Manchester 

  North West Fraud Forum (NWFF) are pleased to announce their third Annual Conference. This is a  good opportunity to connect with counter fraud people from across the region, networking with people in different sectors, and a key opportunity to listen to a range of inspirational speakers on various topics.

  
  

  Agenda

  08.30: REGISTRATION, COFFEE, MEET OUR EXHIBITORS 09.10: CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME Claire Graham, Chair of NWFF 09.15:  OPENING OF CONFERENCE Kate Green, Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester, Safer and Stronger Communities 09.30:  UPDATE ON NATIONAL FRAUD STRATEGY AND INTENSIFICATIONS T/Detective Superintendent Oliver Little, City of London Police 10.05:  FRAUD STRATEGY - A NORTH WEST FOCUS ACC Rowan Moore, NWROCU 10.25:  THE GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGY & VISION TO PREVENT AND DETECT PUBLIC SECTOR FRAUD Rob Malcomson, Public Sector Fraud Authority 11.00:  COFFEE, NETWORKING MEET OUR EXHIBITORS 11.30: NHS FRAUD - CRADLE TO GRAVE CASE STUDY John Marsden - Ex Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (recently retired) 12.05:  FRAUD RISK AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD CULTURE WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS Megan Quilter, BDO

  12.25: MEET THE PLATINUM SPONSORS 12.35: LUNCH, NETWORKING MEET OUR EXHIBITORS 13.35: MIND THE GAP: INVESTIGATION TO CUSTODY AND WHAT LIES BETWEEN (A FOCUS ON THE OVERLOOKED BUT CRITICAL ROLE OF ASSET SEIZURE IN COMBATING FINANCIAL CRIMES) Dani Haston, Asset Reality 14.10:  FAILURE TO PREVENT FRAUD CORPORATE OFFENCE Polly Sprenger, Addleshaws 14.45: COFFEE, NETWORKING MEET OUR EXHIBITORS 15.15: SHINING A LIGHT ON ORGANIZED CRIME AND GENDER: UNPACKING THE GENDER-BLIND SPOT IN FRAUD AND WHITE COLLAR CRIME INVESTIGATIONS Felia Allum, University of Bath 15.50:  THE PITFALLS IN PROSECUTIONS AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST TEST Robin Weyell, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, Regional and Wales Division 16.25: CONFERENCE SUMMARY CLOSE 16.30:  NETWORKING POST CONFERENCE DRINKS

  
  

  Sponsor Opportunities:         

  If your organisation would like to sponsor or exhibit at our event please get in touch using the Contact Us page.

  As a sponsor, a presence at our conference gives you direct access to our members, with the opportunity to demonstrate your products or services. We are expecting around 200 delegates to attend our Conference including senior representatives from a wide range of organisations

  ATTENDANCE AT OUR CONFERENCE INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP OF THE FORUM FOR A YEAR ALLOWING ACCESS TO ANY MASTERCLASS FOR YOURSELF OR A COLLEAGUE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER CHARGE

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• NWFF Masterclass - The price of a line and the unlawful trading of data

  • When
    1 Apr 2025
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    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Hybrid - TLT LLP, Eden Building, Irwell Street, Salford, Greater Manchester. M3 5EN

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  Masterclass

  Topic:  'The price of a line and the unlawful trading of data'

  Tuesday 1 April 2025

  Venue: TLT LLP, Eden Building, Irwell Street,

  Salford, Greater Manchester. M3 5EN

  Hybrid: Also available online

  
  

  9.00 - 11.00am

  Supported by:

           

  North West Fraud Forum are continuing their masterclass program with a hybrid event, run both in person at TLT and Online. We are delighted to welcome two speakers from the ICO, 

  AGENDA

  8.30	In person Registration, Refreshments and Networking
  8.50	Online meeting join time
  9.00	Welcome and Introduction
  9.05	Kerry Smith, Investigations Group Manager, ICO Topic: The price of a line and the unlawful trading of data Session description: An insight into the lucrative world of the trade in unlawfully obtained personal data. Personal data is an extremely valuable commodity which Organised Crime Groups have long recognised, using it to attain benefit in the millions of pounds to the detriment of legitimate businesses and the wider public. This type of criminality is not victimless and can be the bedrock of large scale, complex and long-term frauds. The session provides an oversight of the work undertaken by the ICO’s criminal and financial investigations teams in relation to illegally obtained data, including the factors attributing to the values of data and subsequent risks to victims. This overview further provides an opportunity to reflect on how the work of the ICO may cross-over and support other agencies’ investigations involving data enabled crime.
  09.55	Comfort Break
  10.10	Catherine Sankey, Investigations Group Manager, ICO Topic: ICO enforcement in tackling predatory marketing (scam calls and messages targeting vulnerable people) Session description: This session will provide an insight about a recent ICO investigation into predatory marketing, pulling together intelligence threads and collaborating with other enforcement agencies to disrupt network of individuals targeting vulnerable individuals through the use of sucker lists. The ultimate strategic objective of this ICO enforcement activity is to safeguard the public, limiting the intrusion into people's lives of outside actors looking to exploit often vulnerable individuals for financial gain.
  10.55	Summary and Close
  11.00	Post event coffee and networking

  
  

  SPEAKERS BIOS

  Kerry Smith, Investigations Group Manager, ICO

  Kerry Smith has worked at the ICO for over ten years and set up the ICO’s Financial Recovery Unit in 2017. The Financial Recovery Unit is a specialised team responsible for managing the collection of civil monetary penalties and financial investigations under POCA.

  The Financial Recovery Unit also undertakes further investigations into the individuals responsible for breaches of legislation and looks to identify opportunities for disruption and obstruction which can involve partnership working with other agencies. Prior to joining the ICO, Kerry worked for a number of organisations in various enforcement and intelligence roles, including HMRC.

  Catherine Sankey, Investigations Group Manager, ICO

  Catherine Sankey manages the ICO Privacy and Digital Marketing Investigations Teams (PDMIT); these teams are responsible for enforcement of the data sharing or trading and direct marketing provisions in the Data Protection Act and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations 2003 (PECR).

  Prior to joining the ICO, Catherine worked at the NCA for twenty years, successfully undertaking investigations into highly complex frauds, including romance frauds.

  
  

  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.

  
  

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