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Our Chair Baroness Nicky Morgan spoke on this week’s BBC Today in Parliament about the UK’s fastest growing crime – #fraud. 📻 Listen here from 23:27: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

🔴 COMING UP: Our latest evidence session with Prof Lorna Woods University of Essex Prof Victoria Nash Vicki Nash Oxford Internet Institute and Lulu Freemont techUK on #fraud and #digitalfraud including the #OnlineSafetyBill is about to start: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/77…

The OII's Professor Vicki Nash is participating in the House of Lords Fraud Act Committee session. Whilst the legislation is welcome, "the broader the coverage the bill gets, the harder it gets to cover certain aspects thoroughly." #fraudact #digitalregulation

.Lulu Freemont has made a good point about the #fraudact during the House of Lords Fraud Act Committee session by echoing Vicki Nash's point that "we need the right legislative vehicle for the scope" and not end up with "unintended consequences".

Lords Fraud Act Committee University of Essex Vicki Nash Oxford Internet Institute techUK Very interesting point about making identity theft a criminal offence. It is also a huge problem with companies incorporated in the UK using stolen identities for directors & PSC's. So could be very useful to have an efficient, specific offence.

Lords Fraud Act Committee University of Essex Vicki Nash Oxford Internet Institute techUK On the messaging point a key part of any solution needs to be gateway controls which: 1. remove the ability of scammers to send messages & makes calls anonymously 2. remove ability of scammers to 'spoof' the number a message or call is coming from

NEXT WEEK: another #fraud double-bill. #Cybersecurity and the digital economy discussed with @kmersinas @snehadawda @message4bob at 9.30am on 24 March

KonstantinosMersinas @SnehaDawda @message4bob And then at 10.45am on 24th March #fraud and #digitalfraud in payment services and #cryptocurrency explored with Katie Martin @ghelaBoskovich and David Pitt @wearepayuk

🚨Conference alert: join us Faculty of Law Bonavero Institute of Human Rights on 30 June for a high-level conference on #AI governance! We'll explore global comparative AI regulation & debate existing and proposed approaches to the risks & benefits of #AI Signup 👉 bit.ly/3rOssIK - more in 🧵

🔴 WATCH LIVE: our session with the Victims Commissioner Vera Baird DBE KC Neil Postins City of London Police and Pauline Smith, Director of Action Fraud is about to begin. Watch it here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/16…

Fraud During A Pandemic Project

We have received over 50 pieces of written evidence for our inquiry, from individuals, charities, victims, industry representatives and businesses. You can read their submissions on our website: 📄 committees.parliament.uk/committee/582/…

🔴 Our evidence session on regulation of #digitalfraud with Mark Steward Financial Conduct Authority Chris Hemsley PSR Huw Saunders Ofcom is starting now! Watch here: 👉 parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/17…

🔴 COMING UP: Tom Mutton and Christina Segal-Knowles from the Bank of England are giving evidence on #digitalfraud. 📺 Watch it here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/17…

Next Monday 6th June we will learn about alternative models for combatting fraud from experts elsewhere in the UK and abroad.

On the 7th July we will be meeting with victims of fraud and the Midlands Fraud Forum Midlands Fraud Forum to discuss real life experiences of digital fraud. If you're a victim of fraud and you'd like to attend, contact our support team [email protected].

"According to UK Finance , APP fraud has, for the first time, surpassed card fraud with GBP 355 million in losses attributed to APP fraud in the first half of 2021." tenetlaw.co.uk/articles/app-f… #fraud #economiccrime

RT Cifas: See the new Fraudscape 2022 to see how fraud changed over the first six months of 2022 compared to 2021: fraudscape.co.uk