Fraud Awareness in the UK - The Essentials for Professional Services Firms

Introduction

Fraud is a significant operational, financial and conduct risk for professional services firms. As clients, stakeholders and regulators demand higher standards of integrity and transparency, firms must ensure employees understand how fraud arises, how it may manifest within your business and what robust fraud risk management looks like in practice.

This knowledge is essential not only for protecting clients and safeguarding firm assets, but also for maintaining compliance with the Fraud Act 2006 and preparing for obligations under the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence.

This webinar will cover the fundamentals of fraud in the UK including how it may present itself within professional services and the appropriate responses when fraud is suspected or identified.

This webinar is relevant to all staff, particularly those in client-facing roles, HR, finance, procurement, compliance and anyone with people management or governance responsibilities.

What You Will Learn

On completion of this webinar, you will:

• Understand what constitutes fraud under UK law, including the Fraud Act 2006
• Recognise common fraud typologies relevant to professional services firms
• Understand why fraud occurs
• Be able to identify key fraud risk indicators within client engagements and internal processes
• Understand basic fraud prevention and detection techniques
• Understand roles and responsibilities in effective fraud risk management, including expectations under the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Thursday 17th September 2026

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