Michael O’Sullivan from the TPSO Magazine recently undertook our Online training course in Digital Document Fraud course and this is his review… If you need to check documents and files for evidence of tampering, the Digital Document Fraud course from Peter Darby...

Everyone is at risk of fraud. Scammers are using increasingly sophisticated ways to deceive and steal from us and unfortunately no business or person has guaranteed protection.  One methodology used by fraudsters is Invoice Fraud, which is also known as Invoice...

We would like to say a big congratulations to Amy, one of our recent ACFS students, for successfully conducting her first fraud case with conviction which has been reported on by Liverpool Echo.  Amy shared with us that she managed to prosecute the business owner of...

What is it Open-Source Intelligence? Open-Source Intelligence (also known as OSINT) is intelligence created from publicly available data and information. This is any type of online and offline data that anyone can access, without requiring security clearances or...

A question which we are often asked by students on our counter-fraud courses is where can they find example identity documents to help with account verification/KYC (Know Your Customer). There are a number of websites that have example identity documents to help you...

As fraud investigators, we can sometimes be put in the unfortunate position of starting an investigation with only the name (and maybe a date of birth if we’re lucky!) of a subject of interest. Starting an investigation with limited information can be difficult, and...