The Dark Money Files

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The Dark Money Files episodes

January 16, 2023 Can we have the Bill please?
In something of a departure from our normal content, we review the passage of the Economic Crime and Corporate Reform Bill through the UK parliamentary system and use the opportunity to explain in more detail just how the scrutiny and passing of legislation works in practice.
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19 min
December 03, 2022 Trivia - when three paths meet
In this episode we weave together crypto, courts and controversy when Sam Bankman Fried meets the Court of Justice of the European Union and a millionaire underwear Baroness.
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22 min
November 21, 2022 AOB – recent publications and guidance
It’s been a little while so we thought we’d do a bit of a catch up on some recent publications from Wolfsberg, the FATF and the Finnish FSA.
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19 min
October 17, 2022 Fraud part three: Watcha gonna do about it!
In our final part of our look at fraud, we explain, in general terms, current approaches to how best to compensate the victims and deny the fraudsters (as well as explaining briefly, why the gap since the last episode).
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17 min
August 22, 2022 Your company is not welcome here!
We interrupt our suite of podcasts on fraud to bring you a special episode relating to the human cost of fake company incorporations.
Working with various different media outlets, we’ve helped bring to light some of the stories relating to people who unwittingly fall foul of fake company incorporators.
Listen, for example, to this recent episode of BBCs You and Yours:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0019z2g

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16 min
July 25, 2022 Fraud part two: The grift that keeps on grifting
In this second part of our series on fraud we delve into some of the different types of fraud.
We proffer some “mildly salacious” examples, along with others which are rather more serious.
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21 min
June 25, 2022 Fraud, intents and purposes
In this pun laden episode, we start to delve into the world of fraud. More to follow…
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16 min
May 29, 2022 Synthetic data and real-world applications: The FCA call for input
The UK regulator, in common with most regulators around the world, is keen to understand the role that synthetic data might play, alongside Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
It has made a call for input which closes on 22 June.
In this episode we review the current state of play, the uses for synthetic data and why contributing to this call is so important.
Link to the call: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/call-for-input/synthetic-data-to-support-financial-services-innovation.pdf
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18 min
May 27, 2022 Tax: Avoidance, evasion, and small umbrellas
In this episode we tackle the thorny issue of tax avoidance, aggressive tax avoidance and tax evasion. We also take a closer look at one of the schemes which falls somewhere on that spectrum: mini-umbrella companies.
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24 min
May 05, 2022 Selfies, Swipes and Security - authentication in the digital age
In this episode we look at all things digital and how it is changing the landscape of authentication whilst making KYC more dynamic.
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22 min

About The Dark Money Files

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A series of podcasts which explain to a non-technical audience how "Dark Money" (e.g. money laundering, corruption, bribery, tax evasion) enters the financial system and infects everything it touches.