multi-departmental co-operation in the detection of internally generated fraud
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Multi-Departmental Co-Operation in the Detection of Internally Generated Fraud
Graeme Bowers,Investigations Manager, Internal Audit and
Investigations,Department for Work and Pensions
Multi-Departmental Co-operation in the detection of internally generated fraudGraeme Bowers, Assistant Head of Internal InvestigationsFraud and Error Conference23 February 2016
4Department for Work & Pensions
A unified front against fraud
A true partnership between industry, law enforcement and government
I want the Joint Fraud Taskforce to signal a new type of partnership - truly collaborative, driving our collective action to reduce the numbers of victims; reduce the impact of fraud; and increase the prosecution and disruption of fraudsters.
Theresa May 10 Feb 2016
5Department for Work & Pensions
Looking Inwards
• Understand your own business
– prevention and detection is a collaborative effort in DWP between business units
– greater investment in designing out fraud– Proactive detection - smarter, targeted controls– Learn from investigations– Design in controls; partnership with audit
6Department for Work & Pensions
The investigation of Internal Fraud across Government
• different approaches to investigations• pockets of expertise • isolated examples of collaborative working• reliance on expensive external resources• Inconsistent approach introduces risks
7Department for Work & Pensions
What are we doing in DWP?
• Cross Government Investigators Network (CGIN)
• investing in the professional development of staff
• supporting the Cabinet Office to develop centrally agreed standards for internal investigations
• undertaking investigations on behalf of other Departments
• develop separate terms of engagement
8Department for Work & Pensions
What does the future look like?
• In April 2016 DWP moves its Internal Investigations function to the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)
• create an expert domain for internal fraud• co-ordinate the alignment of policies and
procedures• Build on DWP’s mature model for internal
investigations
9Department for Work & Pensions
What are the benefits?
• Consistency in the delivery of response• Provide consistency in the way internal fraud
is recorded, tackled and reported• Create efficiencies• Shared resources• Build on relationships between internal audit
and investigations
Contact details
Graeme Bowers, Assistant Head of Internal InvestigationsTelephone: 01283 505061Email : [email protected]
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Intelligence Sharing
Donald Toon,Economic Crime Command Director,
National Crime Agency
John Manzoni Chief Executive, Civil Service
Question and Answers Session
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