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Police initiative
Protecting Employers From Internal Threats (PREFIT)
A new fraud forum has been launched by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to protect employers from employee-perpetrated crime.
The MPS has developed the information-sharing Protecting Employers From Internal Threats (PREFIT) forum in partnership with the vetting industry to collate advice and good practice and improve the awareness of the role of vetting and screening.
The PREFIT forum comprises of employers from investigative, enforcement and advisory agencies and other bodies with a common goal.The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) estimates that fraud costs the UK £20 billion a year and it is believed that the majority of fraud-related crime is now perpetrated, or enabled, by organisations' own employees. Fraudulent activity by company executives is a recurrent feature of business failures.
David Chernick, senior manager at KPMG Forensic and chair of PREFIT, said: "Insider fraud is insidious, it's on the rise and it's more professionally organised. We all need to know who we're dealing with, who we're employing and who we're working with, and we need to know how to do this effectively, fairly and lawfully. Launching PREFIT is the first step in victims and experts coming together from all sectors to collaborate in the fight against insider fraud. Leaders in HR, security, the MPS, the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and the National Fraud Authority (NFA) are already part of this growing network and we ask for everyone's support."
Detective Superintendent Russell Day, from the MPS' Economic and Specialist Crime Command, said: "Over the past three years, the MPS' Operation Sterling has established a number of forums or 'think-tanks' in key business sectors as part of its approach to combating economic crime through partnership working. These forums have already made significant progress and I am sure that PREFIT will follow in their success."
Police initiative
Protecting Employers From Internal Threats (PREFIT)
A new fraud forum has been launched by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to protect employers from employee-perpetrated crime.
The MPS has developed the information-sharing Protecting Employers From Internal Threats (PREFIT) forum in partnership with the vetting industry to collate advice and good practice and improve the awareness of the role of vetting and screening.
The PREFIT forum comprises of employers from investigative, enforcement and advisory agencies and other bodies with a common goal.The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) estimates that fraud costs the UK £20 billion a year and it is believed that the majority of fraud-related crime is now perpetrated, or enabled, by organisations' own employees. Fraudulent activity by company executives is a recurrent feature of business failures.
David Chernick, senior manager at KPMG Forensic and chair of PREFIT, said: "Insider fraud is insidious, it's on the rise and it's more professionally organised. We all need to know who we're dealing with, who we're employing and who we're working with, and we need to know how to do this effectively, fairly and lawfully. Launching PREFIT is the first step in victims and experts coming together from all sectors to collaborate in the fight against insider fraud. Leaders in HR, security, the MPS, the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and the National Fraud Authority (NFA) are already part of this growing network and we ask for everyone's support."
Detective Superintendent Russell Day, from the MPS' Economic and Specialist Crime Command, said: "Over the past three years, the MPS' Operation Sterling has established a number of forums or 'think-tanks' in key business sectors as part of its approach to combating economic crime through partnership working. These forums have already made significant progress and I am sure that PREFIT will follow in their success."
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