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providing company
information that
customers value
“
”
Corporate and director identity
theft
Lynn Lynch
Companies House
UK
3m 10
485,000
175,000,000
181 MILLION
151
298,000,000
130,000,000
169
100
Functions
Legislation
Types of corporate fraud
• Corporate identity theft – short firm
• Company incorporated solely to commit fraud
• Move from paper to electronic fraud
Other fraud
• Telephone scams
• VAT Registry scams
• Job offers and Visa scams
• Internet auctions and Bond site scams
• Stealing electronic authorisation codes
Fraudulent filings at Companies House
• Registered office change with no company
approval
• Appointments without consent
• Company name change
• Director’s address change
• Internal company disputes – directors at war
Our position
• Registrar has no statutory authority to take
direct action
• General responsibility under Proceeds of
Crime Act
• ‘Good faith’ principle
• Balance easy registration with fraud prevention
Fraud protection
• File electronically
• ‘Monitor’
• PROtected Online Filing (PROOF)
PROOF documents
• Appointments
• Resignations
• Change of officer details
• Annual return
• Change of registered office
PROOF documents
• 1.2 million companies use PROOF
• But 100 fraudulent filings per month
Working with others
• City of London Police
• Met Office
• SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency)
• Action Fraud
providing company
information that
customers value
“
”
UK Corporate and Identity Theft

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