Commercial Fraud Department
The Department deals with a wide variety of crime matters including allegations of fraud perpetrated by Guernsey residents and companies.
It consists of a team of three experienced detectives and an office assistant, led by a Detective Sergeant and overseen by the Detective Inspector within the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Principally the department will investigate:-
1) Local serious and complex frauds;
2) Locally reported Commercial Fraud;
3) Cases that involve local resident victims of international fraud (i.e. lottery scams, 419 frauds or similar, boiler room frauds, E bay fraud etc);
4) A cash forfeiture investigation from any Police led investigation or activity;
5) Money laundering investigation locally based or generated from a police investigation;
6) Local bribery or corruption offences falling within the responsibility of the department.
The Commercial Fraud Department is the Bailiwick's Interpol office, and assists police forces around the world with any enquires. Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) requests are now dealt with by the Guernsey Border Agency (GBA) who should be contacted in the first instance fiu@gba.gov.gg
Fraud in your organisation
RED FLAGS
Sometimes the way people behave might suggest that they are committing a fraud. These signs are called 'red flags'. Although by themselves they may not be any cause for concern, a few of these together might be enough to alert you that something isn't quite right.They have large personal debts or financial losses and a desire for personal gain
1) One employee has control of a process from start to finish with no segregation of duties;
2) Transactions taking place that were at an odd time, odd frequency, unusual amount or odd recipients;
3) Internal controls that are not enforced, or often compromised by higher authorities;
4) Discrepancies in accounting records and unexplained items on reconciliations;
5) Inconsistent, vague or implausible responses arising from inquiries;
6) Significant changes in behaviour that you've noticed;
7) Unusual discrepancies between the client's records and confirmation replies;
8) Missing inventory or physical assets;
9) Excessive voids or credits;
10) Missing documents, or only photocopied documents available;
11) Common names or addresses of payees or customers;
12) Alterations on documents (eg back dating);
13) Duplication (eg duplicate payments);
14) Audit findings deemed to be errors or irregularities;
15) Collusion among employees, where there is little or no supervision
If you need to contact the Fraud Dept, please contact 01481 719449, or e-mail: fraud@guernsey.pnn.police.uk
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