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Irish News Huge cost of fraud too great to ignore

Fraud is costing business and individuals in the UK millions of pounds annually – with fraudsters stealing a total of £609.8m in the first six months of this year alone. The figures contained in a UK Finance report, are worth considering, in this International Fraud Awareness Week 2022, as we take stock and consider what type of frauds have been occurring and what you can do to help prevent yourself becoming a victim.

3 min read | 15 Nov 2022

Belfast Telegraph Preparing to deal with the fallout from internal fraud

Internal fraud is costing businesses millions of pounds – despite the vast majority of perpetrators displaying prominent warning signs.

Sinead O'Neill

| 2 min read | 06 Sep 2022

Belfast Telegraph Pandemic – There’s Also a Scam-demic!

It would be somewhat optimistic to conclude that, given the government restrictions ordering the public to stay at home in 2020 and 2021,

Sinead O'Neill

| 2 min read | 06 Sep 2022

Belfast Telegraph Another step on the road to digitisation in the Courts

The journey towards digitisation in the Northern Ireland Courts is not one that could be described as easy, and it is a journey which is far from finished, but the recent publication by the Commercial Courts of a Practice Direction on ‘eBundling’ is another significant step along the road.

Paul Jacobs

| 2 min read | 24 May 2022

Belfast Telegraph As restrictions lift, is it time to drop our guard?

Whilst government imposed restrictions have been lifted and there is some indication that life is beginning to resemble pre-COVID times, it does not mean that the associated COVID fraud risk has gone away.

| 2 min read | 01 Mar 2022

Belfast Telegraph The economic cost of cybercrime

With significantly more focus on remote working, fewer in-person meetings, and increased reliance on virtual ways of communicating, many businesses and individuals, both North and South of the border in Ireland have been the victims of Cyber-attack during the pandemic.

Paul Jacobs

| 2 min read | 14 Dec 2021

Belfast Telegraph Will the Online Safety Bill stop fraudsters?

Reported frauds relating to online sales are 42% higher during the pandemic, compared to the preceding year (i.e. 2019), with the increased demand for online shopping providing fraudsters with greater opportunities to illegally obtain online shoppers’ personal and financial details.

Sinead O'Neill

| 2 min read | 06 Jul 2021

Forensic & Investigation Services Anti-Fraud Playbook: The best defence is a good offense

In this webinar Mike Harris, Roslyn Lee Symmons and Sinead O’Neill from Grant Thornton’s Forensic & Cyber team walk through the Playbook and provide some useful information to help organisations either introduce, adapt or accelerate FRM programs.

04 Mar 2021

Covid-19 Cyber in a Pandemic

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the COVID-19 panic, targeting individuals, corporations, governments and industries in Ireland and around the globe. If you’re enacting or broadening your remote working policies, we encourage you to consider the following:

Mike Harris

| 19 Mar 2020

Article Belfast Telegraph – Weekly column

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26 Jan 2016