2020 sees a boom in online romance fraud
The UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime says romance fraud has cost victims £63m in 2020.Action Fraud says they have had over 6,000 cases reported to them this year, up more than 800 on 2019. These often result from 'cat-fishing', where a scammer creates a fake profile
Jobseekers warned about fake job scams
Jobseekers are being warned of a large increase in fake job scams with thousands of people estimated to be victims every year.A not-for-profit organisation set up by the Metropolitan Police to monitor scams in the recruitment industry says it has received 800 reports of scams since the start of the
Webinar: Human Lie Detection with Conflict’s Stephen Komorek
Conflict International US Operations Director, Stephen Komorek, is holding the third part of his Human Lie Detection workshop series this week.This World Association of Detectives webinar, Human Lie Detection, is the final session of a 16 hour course focusing on Detecting Deception with a certificate offered for all who complete
Woman takes son to court over ‘hidden assets’
The ex-wife of a Russian oligarch, who received a UK record divorce settlement, is taking her son to the High Court after claiming he is helping his father hide assets from her.Tatiana Akhmedova was awarded £453 million of Farkhad Akmedov's wealth by the High Court in London in 2016 but
Husband guilty of stalking after bugging wife’s TV
An IT expert has been found guilty of stalking his estranged wife after placing bugging devices behind her TV and in her car, a court has heard.South Tyneside Magistrates' Court was told Stephen Ewart moved out of the family home after wrongly believing his wife Deborah was having an affair
Conflict’s David Johnson featured in new podcast
Conflict International's US Business Manager, David Johnson, is featured in the latest edition of the PI Perspectives podcast available now.In the special show to mark Veteran's Day, David talks about his time serving with the US Army Special Forces and the transition to his investigative business role at Conflict.The podcast
French scammers target UK companies
A number of British companies have reported being duped by French scammers claiming to be professional buyers for hotels and distribution firms.Details of several examples of attempted fraud have been given to the Daily Mail where companies would be approached with orders on credit in an attempt to obtain the
Open Source Intelligence – it’s surprising what you can find
Sky News has published a fascinating podcast going behind the scenes of one of their shared Open Source investigations.It tells the story of how the broadcaster collaborated with The Guardian, Bellingcat and Lighthouse Reports to investigate the UK arms trade and go on to reveal that Russian special forces are
Why secure communication is vital
Stephen Komorek, Conflict International's US Operations Director, has been speaking to Blackberry's ThreatVector blog ahead of next week's Blackberry Security Summit about secure communication.In the Case Study, available to read in full here, Stephen describes how many organizations have failed to keep up with advances in signal intelligence capabilities that
The Trial Brief podcast
Conflict International's US Operations Director, Stephen Komorek, has recently appeared on 'The Trial Brief' podcast. In the show he gives presenter and New York Attorney David Oddo an insight into how human lie detection can be taught. There is more about Stephen's appearance and a link to the podcast itself here.
