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Facing The Fraud Challenge: How UK Charities Must Adapt To The New Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence

From 1 September 2025, charities (alongside other organisations) who meet the criteria may be criminally liable for the act of an employee, agent or subsidiary who commits fraud intending to benefit the charity.

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Eye On Economic Crime: New Strict Liability Corporate Criminal Offence Of Failure To Prevent Fraud Comes Into Effect

Given the wide-ranging nature of this new offence, we discuss what your organisation needs to know and do as soon as possible - especially in light of recent prosecutorial action...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Mayer Brown

The UK's New Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence - Global Organisations Take Note

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) has enacted a new failure to prevent fraud offence which will come into effect on 1 September 2025.

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Dechert

New Anti-fraud Laws Come Into Force In The UK On 1 September 2025

The Bribery Act 2010 heralded the dawn of a new era in how corporates are held to account for crimes committed on their watch with advent of the "failure to prevent" model.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Withers LLP

Failure To Prevent Fraud: What You Need To Know

United Kingdom Criminal

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Case Comment On Arcadia v Bosworth, Hurley & Kelbrick [2025] EWHC 91 (Comm)

United Kingdom Criminal

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CANDEY

Shifting Tides - Corruption In International Arbitration Involving State Parties - Nigeria V Process & Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) [2023] EWHC 2638 (Comm)

United Kingdom Litigation

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CANDEY

UK Companies Face Increased Criminal Risk As 'Failure To Prevent Fraud' Offence Comes Into Force

United Kingdom Commercial

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Failure To Prevent Fraud: What The New Legislation Means For Your Organisation

United Kingdom Criminal

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Carson Kaye

'Scattered Spider' And The Rise In Global Cybercrime

United Kingdom Criminal

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Carson Kaye

UK Authorities Revamp Joint Corporate Prosecution Guidance

United Kingdom Criminal

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Ropes & Gray LLP

UK Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence To Come Into Force – Is Your Organisation Prepared?

United Kingdom Criminal

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WilmerHale

The UK Failure To Prevent Fraud Regime Takes Effect On 1 September: Here's What You Need To Know

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

UK Prosecutors Update Corporate Prosecution Guidance Ahead Of New Anti-Fraud Laws

United Kingdom Criminal

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Arnold & Porter

HR Briefing: Competition And Employment (Podcast)

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

AI In Healthcare: Turning Awareness Into Action With Risk Assessments

United Kingdom Technology

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NAVEX

AI Isn't A Magic Bullet — Why Adoption Matters More Than Tech (Video)

United Kingdom Technology

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Alvarez & Marsal

Policy In Practice: Labour And Financial Services – Post-Mansion House Speech Reflections (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

HR Briefing - July 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Macfarlanes LLP

Failure To Prevent Bribery

The Bribery Act 2010 (UKBA) has been in force since July 2011 and was the first in a series of UK legislation creating corporate failure to prevent offences.

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Spencer West

Tactics Used By Fraudsters In Romance Fraud

Financial fraud is an appalling crime at any level and has been assisted by the anonymity of cryptocurrency, in that once your cryptocurrency is in the hands of the fraudsters...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Giambrone & Partners

Hawala Banking: A Legal Perspective On Risks And Compliance In The UK

Hawala banking is an informal value transfer system that has existed for centuries, originating in South Asia and the Middle East. While widely used for legitimate purposes...

United Kingdom Finance

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Spencer West

The Fraud Files Podcast Series

Brought to you by our Corporate Crime and Investigations team, The Fraud Files: Decoding the Economic Crime Act breaks down everything listeners need to know about the Economic Crime and Corporate...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

PEP Talk Revisited: Revised UK Guidance On Treatment Of PEPs

United Kingdom Criminal

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A&O Shearman

Size Matters: Why Boutique Firms Do It Better

United Kingdom Litigation

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CANDEY

High Court Permits Documents Obtained Via Norwich Pharmacal Order To Be Used Against Disclosing Bank In Related APP Fraud Claim

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Sanctions Update Mandatory Reporting For Art Market Participants And High Value Dealers

United Kingdom Government

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CANDEY

UK Supreme Court Quashes LIBOR And EURIBOR Convictions: Implications For Financial Crime Enforcement

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Protecting Yourself From Job Scams

United Kingdom Criminal

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IR Global

How To Demonstrate The Effectiveness Of Your Internal Controls For Fraud Prevention

United Kingdom Criminal

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Forensic Risk Alliance

Rising Risks Of Fraud And Financial Misstatement: Key Changes For Boards And Legal Teams

United Kingdom Criminal

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Forensic Risk Alliance

Revenue Recognition Fraud - And Why It Matters

United Kingdom Commercial

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Forensic Risk Alliance

Corporate Failure To Prevent Fraud

United Kingdom Criminal

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Spencer West

How To Demonstrate The Effectiveness Of Your Internal Controls For Fraud Prevention

From September 2025, the UK's new failure to prevent fraud (FTPF) offence will put the onus onto organisations to be proactive with their fraud risk management activities, or face potential fines should a breach occur

United Kingdom Criminal

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Forensic Risk Alliance

Rising Risks Of Fraud And Financial Misstatement: Key Changes For Boards And Legal Teams

Reporting fraud and the misstatement of financial accounts – these are not events that audit committees, general counsels or boards go looking for, but they happen. Recent developments are raising the stakes, and consequences are becoming more severe.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Forensic Risk Alliance

Revenue Recognition Fraud - And Why It Matters

Revenue is often cited as a quick snapshot of a company's success, but how that revenue is recognized is not so simple for many industries

United Kingdom Commercial

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Forensic Risk Alliance

Corporate Failure To Prevent Fraud

The new corporate ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud' offence under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) will come into effect on 1 September 2025.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Spencer West

Money Mules, Dirty Cash, And Crypto: The FCA And NCA's 2025 Economic Crime Hit List

United Kingdom Government

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Macfarlanes LLP

Understanding ECCTA: The New Duty To Prevent Fraud, What Should HR Be Thinking About?

This is the fifth article in our "Understanding ECCTA" series, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the legislation. In this article, we focus on the employment...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Gowling WLG

Uncertainty Ahead: What The Trump Administration's New FCPA Enforcement Priorities Mean For Compliance

By now, most corporate compliance and ethics officers are aware of the Trump administration's shift in priorities. Specifically, the shifts in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement.

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NAVEX

Leveson Report: A Blueprint For A More Efficient And Equitable Criminal Justice System

The criminal justice system in England and Wales is under immense strain. With Crown Court backlogs exceeding 75,000 cases as at the end of 2024 – double the volume seen in 2019...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Future Of Disclosure: AI And Advanced Technology In The Criminal Disclosure Process

This post discusses the aspects of Jonathan Fisher KC's independent review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences that address the applications of advanced technology and AI in disclosure.

United Kingdom Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Greece Successfully Tracks And Recovers Stolen Cryptocurrency From Cyber Criminals

United Kingdom Technology

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Giambrone & Partners

The UK's Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence: Private Fund Managers, Portfolio Companies, And Placement Agents

United Kingdom Criminal

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Understanding ECCTA: New Corporate Offence Of 'Failure To Prevent Fraud' – What Impact Could This Have On Your Insurance Requirements?

United Kingdom Criminal

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Gowling WLG

Fraudulent Insurance Claim Under Consideration

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

DOJ's New FCPA Guidelines: Key Takeaways For Companies

United Kingdom Criminal

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NAVEX

Giambrone And Partners Secures A Worldwide Freezing Order On Haydn Ross Snape Setting New Standards In Cryptocurrency Fraud

United Kingdom Technology

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Giambrone & Partners

Supercharging Mass Claims: Leveraging AI And LLMs In UK Group Litigation

United Kingdom Technology

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Eye On Economic Crime: Transformation Of The UK Fraud Prevention Landscape

United Kingdom Criminal

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Mayer Brown

Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence – What You Should Know

United Kingdom Commercial

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Agency Law And Derivative Claims: A New Way To Make APP Fraud Claims Work?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Quadrant Chambers

Recovering Assets From A Former Attorney After The Donor's Death

United Kingdom Family

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

UK Economic Crime Group: Enforcement Update

United Kingdom Criminal

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Arnold & Porter

Fraud's New Frontline: Why Civil Litigators Are Thinking Criminal

United Kingdom Criminal

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Devonshires

Who's Policing The Platform? Platform Liability And The Rising Tide Of Online Fraud

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Devonshires

Protecting Yourself From Property Scams

United Kingdom Real Estate

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IR Global

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Peters & Peters

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WTW

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1 Chancery Lane

J2J Commercial Series: Misrepresentation And Fraud (Video)

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Gatehouse Chambers

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Mayer Brown

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