Follow the Money

Nick Ryan talks about financial investigation and academia with the new winner of the Martin Kenney Award, Olivia Bruce, as well as academic and former law enforcement specialist, Janet McClements.

The Martin Kenney Award for Outstanding Contribution to Financial Investigation is given to one student from the University of Lancashire's MSc in Financial Investigation each year, part of a partnership between the university's School of Law and Policing and MKS Law.

As this year's winner, Olivia had to overcome the death of her mother before studying to gain a Distinction for her dissertation on public knowledge of money laundering. Her tutor, Janet, describes the nature of the course and the changing nature of academia studying financial investigation.

Martin Kenney is a Visiting Professor at the School of Law and Policing and this is the fifth year MKS Law has sponsored an award at the University of Lancashire.

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Leveraging psychodynamics in fraud and asset recovery operations

Dr Alexander Stein is founder of Dolus Advisors, a bespoke consultancy founded in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks to help business leaders address psychologically complex enterprise challenges beyond the capabilities of conventional business consulting.

An expert in human decision-making and behaviour, as well as advisor to CEOs, senior management teams and boards, Alexander talks to Nick Ryan about his work and insights in the fraud and asset recovery sphere, where he has advised leading law firm Martin Kenney & Co (MKS) on a number of important asset recovery cases.

Listen in to this fascinating discussion, as Alexander discusses:

• his collaborative work with MKS in cases, particularly in Latin America
• his development of the application of 'psychodynamics' in asset recovery
• modelling antagonists' personal and corporate vulnerabilities, to aid the fraud and asset recovery lawyer
• expanding the field of stakeholders in an asset recovery case – beyond fraudster and victim to also include the role of the judiciary and asset recovery teams
• the role of probity in the world of business (and politics) today.

Find out more about Alexander's work at:
www.dolusadvisors.com

Further reading

• Innovations and Strategic Applications in the Psychology of Fraud
• A Brief Field Guide to Leveraging Human Factor Intelligence Analysis in Fraud and Asset Recovery Operations
• How To Become a Malevolent Leader: A Field Guide for Aspiring Fraudsters and Tyrants
• On the Psychology of Fraudsters and Power Abusers ... and how love can create better leaders

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Ahead of his appearance at the Cambridge Economic Crime Symposium and ICC FraudNet's gathering Mexico (both in September), and the C5 Fraud Miami conference (in October), Martin Kenney of Martin Kenney & Co sat down with Nick Ryan to discuss:

• his career
• the evolution of asset recovery
• combatting money laundering 
• trends such as access to litigation funding
• the road ahead for the sector

Do listen in!

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Listen in to the very first episode of the Martin Kenney & Co (MKS) podcast!

Today, Nick Ryan from MKS interviews Gul Meena Rehman, who won the 2024 Martin Kenney Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Study of Financial Investigation.

Presented in conjunction with the School of Law and Policing at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), this year's award winner had to overcome adversity and challenges before gaining a distinction for her MSc in Financial Investigation at UCLan.

An unexpected pregnancy, losing her father and health complications are just some of the challenges Gul Meena had to deal with in a turbulent period of her life. She also shares her thoughts and expertise gleaned from her career in compliance in a tier 1 UK bank.

This will be the first of an occasional series of podcasts from asset recovery law firm, Martin Kenney & Co (MKS). Based in the British Virgin Islands, the firm is a leader in its field, with Martin Kenney widely regarded as a trailblazer in the asset recovery sphere.

To find out more about MKS Law, visit:
mks.law

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• Linkedin: @mkslaw
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