Abstract:

Your identity is your most valuable asset. It is the key to unlocking your rights, rewards and privileges, qualifications, employment opportunities, citizenship and trust, medical history, benefits and reputation. Albeit intangible, it clearly has a high value, and therefore it is no surprise that identity fraud is one of the UK's fastest growing crimes. It leaves in it's wake considerable disruption for consumers to regain their identity, and significant losses to business.

In this lecture, Gareth Jones, a former Detective Sergeant, with experience in managing fraud risks in banking and currently directing the development of fraud prevention products for Experian – the UK's largest consumer credit reference agency, will cover:

• The methodology used by the fraudsters with reference to case examples
• The impact of the fraud in terms of value of loss and spread of victims
• Good practice in the management of mass-multiple fraud cases of this sort
• Gaps in the fraud detection process that could be improved upon
• Opportunities for fraud prevention
• Taking care of the victim