Pictured above: Challinors' Arun Chauhan and Mark Kenkre, joint heads of the specialist Fraud & Asset Recovery department which is running the event on Insider Fraud later this month.

The clues that lead to the discovery of an employee who defrauds his employer will be under investigation at a breakfast briefing event in Birmingham, hosted by law firm Challinors.

The Employee 'Insider' Fraud Investigation seminar will focus on the investigation issues and steps to take if a business discovers employee fraud, which has seen a rise of 69 percent in 2009 alone.

Guest speaker is Andrew Whittaker, Head of Counter Fraud Training at Teceris, the corporate and complex loss adjusting and claims management organisation. Andrew is an Accredited Counter Fraud  and Security Management Specialist who will detail some of the clues to insider fraud business managers and owners should look out for. 

Challinors specialist Fraud and Asset Recovery lawyers Arun Chauhan and Mark Kenkre will highlight some of the key warning signs and danger areas of insider fraud that employers should learn to recognise, as well as some of the inventive tactics used by employees in insider fraud. They shall also detail the systems that  a business should put in place to detect and investigate incidents and implement an appropriate incident response. 

Arun Chauhan explains: "Andrew Whittaker worked for the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service as Deputy Director of Training Skills for seven years.  He has over 30 years experience of countering fraud, both operationally and in a training environment and will provide a unique insight into how an insider fraud investigation can evolve to lead to prosecution of the perpetrator.

"Insider fraud has seen an increase of 69 percent in 2009 alone, and the recession has doubtless played a part in this, as employees look to other means of sustaining the good lifestyle they enjoyed prior to the downturn. Employee fraud takes a number of forms, from falsifying invoices, redirection of computer fund transactions, procurement collusion, to company credit card misuse and false expense claims. This session will provide an invaluable insight for local businesses by looking at how to investigate, identify and protect against these inventive practices."

The third in Challinors' Fraud & Asset Recovery Department series of Breakfast Briefings this year, the Insider Fraud event takes place at Hotel du Vin, Birmingham, on Thursday 12th November 2009. For more information and to reserve a place at the event, visit: http://fraud.challinors.co.uk.