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Welcome to the PDA news page where you will find regular team updates, training, interviews, fact sheets, and articles from the counter fraud community.

Fraud and AI – Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)

This is the second article in the PDA series on Fraud and Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this article we will...
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Tackling Economic Crime Awards (TECAs) 2023

'Having attended my first TECA’s on behalf of the Counter Fraud Professional Awards Board (CFPAB) I would like to thank...
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Fraud and AI – what is ‘AI’?

This is the first article in a series on the Fraud and AI. In this series we will look at...
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Articles

Well done to our ACFS student’s recent success!

Well done to our ACFS student’s recent success!

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...

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Digital Document Forensics

Digital Document Forensics

What is Digital Document Forensics? Digital Document Forensics (DDF) is the practice of analysing digital images or photos, files and documents for information that has been hidden or manipulated. Why is DDF important? Digital Document Forensics is an important part...

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Open-Source Intelligence

Open-Source Intelligence

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...

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Free Databases for Verifying ID Documents

Free Databases for Verifying ID Documents

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...

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How understanding names can help your fraud investigations

How understanding names can help your fraud investigations

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...

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Thank you, and moving forward with blended learning…

Thank you, and moving forward with blended learning…

We would like to thank all our customers for their continued patience and understanding during what has been a very difficult period for us all. We very quickly heeded Her Majesties Government’s advice and suspended all our training leaving some students halfway...

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Thank you…

Thank you…

We would like to thank all our customers for all their help and understanding during this difficult period. As a responsible business we have listened to and taken the advice coming from Her Majesties Government and have postponed all our current classroom training...

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