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Fraud and corruption risk in business

A one-day course equipping finance professionals &managers with the knowledge to identify, prevent, and respond effectively to fraud threats in any organisation.

Overview

This one day course will seek to offer attendees a full understanding of the threat that various types of fraud poses, how to recognise where the threats may be and how to respond to them.

It is aimed at financial staff from book-keepers up to finance directors and other managers in any organisations that could become the victim of fraud. As it affects business and government entities of all shapes and sizes, it makes prevention and detection everyone's business.

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Course Content:

• Overview of fraud

- The impact of fraud

- Cause of fraud and fraudster profiles

- The fraud triangle

- The Fraud Act 2006

• Corporate fraud

- Management vs employee fraud

• Risk factors

- Personnel, organisational and cultural risks

- Preventing fraud

- Whistle blowing

• Procurement fraud

- Bribery

- Double invoice fraud

- Stock theft

• Debtor fraud

- Teaming and lading

- Long firm fraud

- Bad debt write-offs

• Payroll and expenses fraud

• Asset misappropriation

• Tax fraud

- VAT fraud

- MTIC fraud

• Sector fraud

- Hotel, retail, charity, healthcare, insurance

• Investment fraud

- Pyramid schemes

- Boiler room scams

• Money laundering

- UK legislation

- SAR’s

- Politically exposed persons (PEPs)

- Anti-money laundering and combating terrorist financing

• The external auditor’s role

- ISA 240 & ISA 315

- Internal controls

- Reporting fraud

- Internal auditors’ role

• Directors’ duties and role in fraud prevention

Corporate governance

Dr Stephen Hill

BSc (Hons), MLPI, CIIP, PhD

Dr Stephen Hill, BSc (Hons), MLPI, CIIP, PhD is an expert trainer and consultant with over 20 years’ experience in fraud and cyber risk management, data protection, and open-source intelligence (OSINT). He previously spent 11 years leading the Fraud and Forensic Group at a top international firm of chartered accountants, advising clients on fraud prevention, detection, and asset recovery in collaboration with law enforcement and regulatory bodies.

Stephen served for 12 years as a Trustee Director of the Fraud Advisory Panel and now acts as a Special Advisor, having chaired its Cybercrime Working Group. He is an honorary steering committee member of the London Fraud Forum, sits on the ACFE UK Chapter committee, and is Co-Director of Fraud Training Ltd, the exclusive UK provider of the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Exam Review Course.

He has trained the National Crime Agency and National Cyber Crime Unit and is now an NCA Special Advisor on OSINT and internet investigations. Stephen has delivered training and spoken internationally across the UK, Europe, the UAE, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, working with police forces, government departments, financial institutions, and global organisations.

A published author and media commentator, Stephen wrote Corporate Fraud: Prevention & Detection (Bloomsbury Professional), with royalties donated to Victim Support, and is currently writing a new book on OSINT. He also supports the City of London Police as a volunteer, lectures at the Economic Crime Academy, and engages in safeguarding education through school outreach.

The webinar handout material will be available on the webinar platform when you log in to view, 15 minutes before the live webinar start.

If you wish to view or download handout materials, before the day of the webinar, they will also be available through your document library on https://events.accaglobal.com.

Price

Price (excluding VAT) 136 GBP

Location

United Kingdom

Date & time

08 July 2026, 09:30 - 16:30 GMT

Enquiries

Email enquiries UKCL@accaglobal.com

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