The Fraud Act Refresher: From Awareness to Action

Introduction

Fraud prosecutions remain a high stakes priority for the government, as it tried to claw back some of the estimated £12 billion lost through dishonest Covid related payments claims still being pursued.

This short webinar on fraud case law examines case law since 2022 in order to focus on some of the basics (sometimes overlooked) which need to be proved in order to obtain a conviction, and thus a confiscation or other order resulting in repaying the government.

What You Will Learn

This short webinar will cover the following:

• What is a representation for the purposes of the Fraud Act?
• When is a representation not a representation?
• The need to get the charge or indictment right-2 recent decisions from the Court of Appeal
• Proving legal duty to disclose for the purposes of s3 Fraud Act 2006
• A timely reminder from the Court of Appeal on proof of conspiracy to defraud