CPA Bulletin

www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > December 2018 21 PLANT THEFT: 2 SCAMWARNINGS A man called ‘Sandis’ is working with another who calls himself ‘Raymond Red’ representing a business called KTWMetals. They hire plant on short term, paying for the first week upfront by BACS, then disappear with the plant/equipment. The office number they use is just an answering service. They have stolen three forklifts in the last month. They have been stealing from Burnley, Sheffield and Blackburn areas. They are very organised and emails they send make out they have the equipment on a long- term hire and because of this, the police are not interested. They have changed the registered address of the company fromNewcastle to Wales in the last week. The address in Wales is an office that offers an answering service and nothing else. We received a phone call froma gentleman going by the name of MarkWillings looking to hire a 13t excavator (self-drive) to a site in Nottingham, posing as a local Nottingham Construction company (Trent Bridge Construction). This man does not work for Trent Bridge Construction, he has also attempted to do the same with another hire company in the Nottingham area. The phone number that Mark Willings calls from is 07425 369 432. MarkWilliams... Aman called MarkWilliams, claiming to be fromJMK Civils has been on trying to hire 3 items of small kit for a job in Radcliffe M26 1WN. I have spoken to their office and they have no- one called Mark Williams and the only people that order for JMK Civils is Joe/Chris/Paul. His email address he is saying is markwilliams @ jmk.co.uk , whereas JMK email address should be firstname @ jmkcivilengineering.co.uk . Craig claiming to be from Toureen Group... Aman called Craig (based in the Manchester area) claiming he worked for the Toureen Group had tried hiring 4 machines with breakers from Ardent Hire. Ardent rang Toureen, who confirmed ‘Craig’ does not work for them. ‘Craig’ will use other company names in an attempt to hire plant from other sources. Please be aware and check. CITS Conference - 6th November ‘Don’t Bury Your Head’ The event highlighted the different threats businesses face including penalties imposed by Government authorities and departments. To reflect those threats, CITS – Combined Industries Theft Solutions – arranged for key speakers to highlight those threats, and how they can be tackled. Detective Chief Inspector Georgie Barnard - National Business Crime Centre discussed ‘Bringing together Policing and Partner Agencies to secure business services.’ Richard Jordan - Chief Security & Resilience Officer and Ian Kelly - Senior Security Threat Assessment Team Manager - HS2 project outlined the needs in ‘Securing 300 miles… the expectations on major contractors when engaging with future Government funded JV’s.’ Detective Constable Amanda Cousins – PANIU - explained ‘Is your plant machinery under threat? - The latest scams and trends.’ Iain Anderson of GAP Group showed how industry is tackling ‘Theft and Fraud - the Hire Industry fighting back.’ And Peter Thompson of Cantrack explained whether ‘your fleet is at risk?’’ Other issues being presented were: ‘Ramifications of whistle-blowers - your duty to protect.’ Simon Wooderson, Head of UK Business Integrity - Balfour Beatty and Francesca West - Public Concern at Work ‘Modern slavery - Are you confident you’re not supporting it.’ Helene Miller - Detective Sergeant Metropolitan Police Human Trafficking Unit ‘Protecting workers fromexploitation.’ Samantha Ireland, Head of Business Change - Gangmasters & Labour Abuse Authority A full report on the conference will be given in the next edition of the Bulletin. Metropolitan Police Service FALCON (Fraud And Linked Crime ONline) Payment Fraud Animations From Friday 14th September, the Metropolitan Police Service FALCON (Fraud and Linked Crime ONline) launched five new Little Guide animations that aimed to raise awareness and promote behaviour change around some common fraud types. The animations focused on: • Money Mules • Payment Fraud • Computer Software Service Fraud • Romance/Dating Fraud • Online Shopping Fraud Payment Fraud (sometimes known as Mandate Fraud or CEO Fraud) occurs when criminals contact a victim, either via email, phone call or letter. They pretend to be an existing client, business, or even an employee of the company. They then ask for a new payment to be made, or an existing direct debit mandate to be changed, with the new details going to them. In 2017, over 1,500 instances of Payment Fraud occurred, totalling £51m (an average of £33,000 per offence). The videos, and other resources created by FALCON can be found at www.met.police.uk/fraud It is strongly suggested that readers view these animations, and update their existing security protocols and incorporate them into any future staff training.