Developing a Fraud Investigation

Day 1

• Reporting revision: note taking and notebooks
• Authorised officer powers and cybercrime – identifying bodies that have powers to collect data and how it supports investigations, how cybercrime is committed and how it can be investigated
• Communication of findings; case management – including how investigations can be broadened and the implications of the Criminal Procedure Rules

Day 2

• Witness statements – including protocols for completing form MG11, use of Criminal Justice Act procedures and visual identification – ADVOKATE model
• Arrest and police procedures– application of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act – information only
• Introduction to evidence gathering – types of evidence, how evidence is secured and presented, admissibility, rules of evidence, continuity, forensic considerations, confessions and exhibits

Day 3

• Searching premises – application of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act
• Photographic and digital evidence – including applying the 4 key principles of digital evidence, forensic examination of digital evidence and handling/packaging digital evidence
• Disclosure- Criminal Procedures Investigation Act, Crown Prosecution Service and Attorney General’s guidelines, responsibilities and disclosure roles, used/unused material and overriding responsibility to provide a fair trial
• Working with partners and stakeholders – benefits of collaborative working for investigators

Day 4

• Legislation and intelligence gathering – open source intelligence (OSINT), application of Locard’s principle, Investigatory Powers Act, digital footprints, Computer Misuse Act
• Surveillance - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, surveillance definitions, authorising surveillance, safeguards to protect privacy, limitations, and risk assessment

Day 5

• Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) – Definition of a CHIS, identifying circumstances where a person may become a CHIS and the general prohibition of using them
• Appropriate conduct for investigators – establishing codes for conduct and good practice for investigators
• Disciplinary and management investigations – Differences between disciplinary and criminal investigations, the investigators role in a disciplinary investigation, ACAS guidelines and the 6 step plan

Assessment

• 2 Multiple choice question tests - completed online
• An assignment where you relate your learning to real life fraud investigations