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19th ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2026
Thank you to our speakers, sponsors, steering committee and members for making our 19th Annual Conference such a success. Every session reinforced that shared intelligence and cross-sector collaboration are our strongest tools against fraud. We look forward to seeing you at our next event.
CHAIR'S WELCOME
Brid Holden – Chair of Midlands Fraud Forum
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OPENING OF CONFERENCE
Simon Foster - West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner
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UPDATE ON NATIONAL FRAUD POLICING AND REPORT FRAUD
Chief Superintendent Amanda Wolf, Head of Report Fraud Operations, City of London Police
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WHY A KNITTED CARDIGAN COULD FLEECE YOU OF EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!
Shari Vahl, Investigative Journalist, BBC Radio 4
CHALLENGES OF BEING AN MLRO
Cherim Nicholls, Head of Compliance / MLRO, StreamBank
BUSINESS FRAUD ALLIANCE – SECTOR PANEL DISCUSSION
Chair: Jamie De Souza, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Panellists:
Arun Chauhan, Director and Founder, Tenet Law and Trustee of the Fraud Advisory Panel
Dr Janice Goldstraw-White, Criminologist, Perpetuity Research
Wayne Haynes, Course Director, International Compliance Association
AN EXPLOSION IN EXTORTION: THE BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF THE RANSOMWARE GANGS
William Taaffe, Co-Founder, Lockdown Cyber Security
MEET OUR PLATINUM SPONSORS
Steven Reed & Tim Koch, XXIV Old Buildings
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THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION IN THE DR SHIPMAN CASE
Steve Taylor, Specialist Fraud Investigation Training & Consultancy LTD
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WHAT ECONOMIC CRIME LOOKS LIKE IN 2026
Stan Yakimov, Economic Crime Solutions Manager, Altia
GATEKEEPERS OF CORPORATE INTEGRITY: HOW ECCTA AND THE FRAUD STRATEGY ARE RESHAPING THE ROLES OF COMPANIES HOUSE AND THE INSOLVENCY SERVICE
Chair: Bríd Holden, Legal Director, Gowling WLG, Chair of MFF
Panellists:
Matt Ray, Director of Strategy, Governance and Chief of Staff at The Insolvency Service
Simon York, Deloitte, former Director HMRC FIS and CIO
Graham Barrow, Co-presenter of The Dark Money Files podcast and co-founder of Risk Alert 247 Ltd
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