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Steve Goddard

Steve Goddard

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Exposing Financial Crime

Why we should shed the stigma of being scammed

09 May 2022

Mental health is the latest aspect of our lives that is quite rightly being destigmatised, and next on the list should be being scammed. This isn’t a problem that only faces the old and vulnerable, this is something that can affect us all. It is estimated that in the 12 months prior to 30th September 2020 there were 4.4 million fraud offences in th...

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Financial Risk Management

Fraud: a ‘national security threat’…why?

13 Oct 2021

In March, a bakery owner in South West England received a curious SMS from her bike courier. The baker, whose canelés are famous in her city, supplies pastries to nearby cafes and other bakeries. She relies on couriers to get fresh pastries to those businesses early in the morning, and the bakery and the courier service have a years-old partnersh...

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Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis

You Can Mimic a Result, but Not the Creativity

29 Jun 2021

A recent survey found that 93% of respondents agreed that fraudsters have become more diverse and that the speed of innovation has increased with it, resulting in greater complexity when detecting their behaviour. This stat flashed up in my mind on one of many zoom calls I attend, engaging with peers to try and get some normalcy in my life, when ...