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A consultant within Experian’s fraud prevention business, Anne
Green recently completed a two-year secondment as a financial investigator
with The Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit, a taskforce set up
to tackle the organised criminal networks that commit cheque and plastic
card fraud. Prior to this, Anne spent twelve years working for HSBC,
most recently as fraud investigations manager, and a further five years
as a private investigator. Anne is a member of the institute of credit
management and the international association of financial crimes investigators.
Staff fraud and background check
It is widely acknowledged that staff fraud is on the increase, yet the
impact on businesses is unmeasured as many cases go unreported. There
is no legal requirement for reporting and no imposed best practices
for recruitment. The growing sophistication of fraudsters and their
measures to understand and learn the way global financial and commercial
institutions operate, mean that no organisation should be complacent
about the internal and external threats of staff fraud being committed
on them. As part of operational risk, it is essential companies have
an adequate fraud prevention strategy, that includes recruitment policies
and a contingency plan in place should something go wrong.
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