Advice and information

The Fraud Advisory Panel provides fraud-related advice and information to government, business and the general public.

Key areas of work include responding to consultation and discussion papers, producing practical fraud prevention guidance and developing proposals for legislative and procedural reform aimed at improving the response to fraud by the public, business, government, regulatory and enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system.

Publications are available to download from here.

Recent Achievements

Contributing to Policy Development
	Establishing the Bringing to Book Special Project Group which published detailed proposals to reform the law and court procedures as they relate to cases of serious fraud.
	Convening a ground-breaking expert seminar on victims of fraud and publishing the findings in the Panel’s first occasional paper (both as part of an ongoing project to explore the wider human and social impact of fraud).
Helping Businesses, the Professions and the General Public
	Issuing guidance for businesses and individuals on how to manage the risk of identity fraud, the ways in which identity fraud can manifest itself, how to detect identity fraud and some of the steps that businesses can take to reduce the risk of becoming a victim.
	Publishing An Introduction to Law Enforcement in the United Kingdom that have a remit to investigate and prosecute some frauds against private sector businesses.
	Providing guidance to the general public on how to protect payments online and mobile devices.