CertHE Counter Fraud Investigation | Degree Apprenticeship

Ann is currently a Senior Lecturer at LJMU with over 30 years experience in Law Enforcement and Private Sector roles in both the UK and Canada. Ann is a subject matter expert in Intelligence Led Policing, and Economic Crime.  Ann worked for Merseyside Police in various roles throughout her career as a Police Officer and Intelligence Officer before moving to Canada to work for the Canadian Police as an Intelligence Analyst providing both Tactical and Strategic support as the first analyst employed by the municipal service she later won an International Award from the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) for supporting the Provincial Threat Assessment Strategy by improving intelligence led operations targeting serious and organised crime. In 2007 the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) created a Centralised Financial Crime and Intelligence Unit (CFCIU) and Ann was asked to join the team in 2008 which she later led. The team won a number of awards from IALEIA & the International Association of Financial Crime Investigators (IAFCI) for their support of joint law enforcement and financial industry intelligence led investigations into various financial crimes. This included a joint operation over a 12 month period where the CFCIU informed the teams of suitable ATM 'hot spots' for surveillance by using predictive analysis with an 85% success rate. This operation led to numerous arrests, intelligence gathered and identification of key organised crime groups. Following successful conclusion there was a reduction in this fraudulent activity by more than 90%. Ann was recruited from the CBA to work for TD Bank to work in the Global Security & Investigations team and build a new Intelligence function, later moving to CIBC Corporate Security as a Director of Security Intelligence tasked with building a similar Intelligence function to proactively identify and mitigate fraud risk, support investigations and the fraud strategy through the use of fraud patterns, trends and characteristics associated with products and offenders. Recommending rules that could be built into the technology as a first line of defence with volume applications and transactions. Anns fraud and economic crime expertise was furthered when she moved to Equifax Canada the leading credit bureau to work on Intelligence Investigations for the consortium members (including Bank, Insurance, Telco, Government, Auto)  using a technology called Citadel, which is known as SIRA in the UK, and later Symcor COR.IQ a consortium approach to fraud with a primary focus on cheque and transactions. Upon returning to the UK Ann returned to Merseyside Police in a civilian role before taking up her position at LJMU. Ann has built and taught programmes in both Intelligence and Financial Crime for Humber College in Canada and Justice Institute of British Columbia. She has a Masters in Counter Fraud & Corruption and also has the below professional designations which support the subject matter expertise. With an extensive global professional network, she stays current on whats new in the rapidly evolving world of Fraud, Economic Crime and Intelligence. With a broad understanding of technology and intelligence resources across public and private sector, Ann is an advocate of collaboration and information sharing within legal guidelines to reduce silos and improve the ability to detect, disrupt and deter fraud. CCA - Certified Criminal Analyst (Lifetime) GPA - Geographic Profiling Analyst ACFS - Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist ACFT - Accredited Counter Fraud Trainer CFE - Certified Fraud Examiner CAMS - Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist