The Counter Fraud Investigator (CFI) operates inside the regulation enforcement sector and would usually be employed by HMRC, DEFRA, Division of Well being, Insolvency Service, DWP, SFO and Native Authorities. The CFI acts autonomously main small non-complex legal investigations and a variety of civil investigations. They will additionally act as case officer inside a big investigation group, as required, finishing up components of a extra complicated investigation as directed by the Lead Investigator.
Broadly, it’s the CFI’s accountability to proactively examine allegations of fraud and make efficient, autonomous operational choices from referral to conclusion to drive their investigations. Conclusion might imply assist of a profitable prosecution, levy of penalty (or equal) or no additional motion.
The CFI totally understands the vary of interventions obtainable to them when investigating fraud in relation to assigned issues, insurance policies and laws, then decides on probably the most acceptable technique to proceed. To do that the CFI makes use of information of civil procedures corresponding to functions to tribunal, giving proof at tribunal and Judicial Overview, information of related civil penalties and different enforcement measures corresponding to insolvency motion. The CFI understands when it’s extra acceptable to conduct or change to a legal investigation how to do that and the way to work safely inside the Felony Justice System. The CFI has information and understanding of PACE, RIPA, CPIA, HRA, PoCA and/or different laws to use for Warrants and Orders. The CFI interacts with Legal professionals, Judges, Magistrates, different professionals and different regulation enforcement companions, to attain these and different work aims.
The CFI plans and conducts several types of proof gathering exercise and takes/maintains notes acceptable to that exercise. This includes interplay with members of the general public from all backgrounds and conducting duties corresponding to a proper assembly with an organization director or skilled advisor, interview below warning, taking third occasion witness statements, making evidential notes of searches and observations throughout surveillance. The CFI operates for prolonged durations in any kind of surroundings from an workplace or courtroom room to a constructing web site or multi occupancy residence, relying on the route their enquiries lead them.
Proof gathering conditions embody searches of premises, evaluation of enterprise accounts and their constituent components and different skilled paperwork. The CFI understands and is ready to search digital databases and different on-line platforms. They recognise Legally Privileged Materials and different protected data as described in regulation and deal with it appropriately. They shortly determine proof in quick paced generally confrontational conditions amongst what is going to primarily be irrelevant materials. They perceive the several types of surveillance obtainable, when it’s crucial and proportionate to make use of surveillance and the responsibility of care to the citizen.
The CFI function could contain confrontational conditions, together with arrest, and the CFI correctly threat assesses any exercise undertaken by creating plans to mitigate or cut back the recognized dangers the place attainable. They write skilled briefings to make sure that all colleagues engaged in any deliberate investigation exercise are conscious of their roles and obligations and the dangers recognized. They tackle a management function within the work they’re conducting and are accountable for his or her actions and choices, in a position to clarify these to senior leaders, prosecutors and officers of the courtroom as a witness.
KSBs
Data
K1: Perceive the laws and related codes of observe related to investigations in addition to an understanding of departmental coverage. Protecting acceptable legal guidelines together with Police and Felony Proof Act 1984 (PACE), Felony Process and Investigations Act 1996 (CPIA), Human Rights Act (HRA), and Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), Knowledge Safety laws, Public Curiosity Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), Whistleblowing (WB) insurance policies and equal Civil laws such because the Finance Act (FA) the place acceptable.
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K2: Perceive the factors to show in pursuing an investigation corresponding to responsible thoughts, responsible act, and prima facie proof.
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K3: Develop skilled information of related laws and regulatory necessities for the several types of investigation. Preserve this data updated by figuring out sources of knowledge and figuring out coverage and regulation change.
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K4: Perceive the way to open and keep a case file and the way to plan an investigation to the required customary for legal, civil, regulatory or disciplinary investigations.
Perceive the Fraud Investigation Mannequin (Felony) / or organisational equal when responding to allegations of fraud.
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K5: Perceive the several types of proof (direct, circumstantial, rumour and many others.)
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K6: Perceive the varieties of forensic alternative obtainable and after they can be utilized to collect proof.
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K7: Perceive the ideas of RIPA codes of observe.
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K8: Perceive why the recording of notes of interviews, conversations, evidential observations and choices made in the course of the course of an investigation is important and has information of finest observe use. Perceive the way to produce witness statements / affidavits to the usual required for every type of investigations.
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K9: Perceive why recording investigation actions / enquiries in the course of the course of an investigation are crucial and has information of finest observe use.
Perceive the foundations and related insurance policies referring to the continuity of proof such that the supply of proof might be totally supported.
Perceive the Nationwide Intelligence Mannequin, Nationwide Intelligence methodology (legal investigation) and the demarcation of intelligence and proof and exhibit consciousness of supply and proof dealing with.
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K10: Perceive the related laws and procedures (together with Authorized Skilled Privilege) within the participation of a search of an individual, premises, automobiles or workplaces.
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K11: Perceive the way to assess the energy of proof and the requirement to lawfully collect proof to required requirements in a legal, civil, regulatory or disciplinary investigations, topic to function.
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K12: Perceive the way to produce witness statements to the requirements required by the CPIA 1996 (legal investigations). Perceive the way to produce witness statements / affidavits to the usual required for non-criminal investigations.
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K13: Perceive how information could also be analysed and collated to assist investigative choices and outcomes in legal, civil, regulatory or disciplinary investigations as acceptable.
Perceive when the federal government protecting marking scheme and supply administration processes ought to apply when disseminating materials.
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K14: Perceive the briefing and de-briefing format.
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K15: Perceive the PEACE mannequin and the usage of dialog administration and open recall strategies, the way to produce an overarching investigative interviewing technique, an interview plan and the way to consider an investigatory interview to determine additional investigative actions, to the required customary, civil, disciplinary, regulatory or legal. The place acceptable.
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K16: Perceive the necessities for conducting an Interview Beneath Warning (IUC) totally compliant with the necessities of PACE and Felony Justice Act 2003 (CJA) (legal investigations). Perceive the necessities for conducting an interview which is totally compliant with related laws or departmental coverage (non-criminal investigations).
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K17: Perceive the various calls for of the witness and the way to answer them.
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K18: Perceive the way to produce investigator notes, narrative statements, third occasion witness testimonies and transcripts, and the necessities for retention.
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K19: Perceive the way to produce concise, well timed, clear, balanced & correct experiences, briefings, letters, e-mails & different objects of correspondence.
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K20: Perceive the way to put together recordsdata, functions and orders for courtroom to the required customary for the exercise undertaken.
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K21: Perceive the procedures and requirement to offer proof as a witness at hearings.
(Felony / Civil / Regulatory / Disciplinary investigations).
Perceive the method for referring a case to different regulation enforcement companies.
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K22: Perceive compliance with the provisions for disclosure in courtroom, tribunal or disciplinary proceedings as acceptable.
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K23: Perceive the way to get hold of, document & current proof in courtroom throughout proceedings.
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K24: Perceive the way to present perception from investigations to determine and facilitate enhancements to coverage and processes to help prevention, deterrence and elevated future detection.
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K25: Perceive the way to put together an proof file with materials to assist courtroom, tribunal or disciplinary proceedings in accordance with the necessities of the related laws, codes of observe or departmental coverage.
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K26: Perceive the way to put together recordsdata and examine to the related customary in parallel, together with the variations and related dangers in parallel investigations and the related parallel civil enforcement and / or restoration / compensation actions and the way to progress them.
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K27: Perceive who the companions are within the counter fraud neighborhood and regulation enforcement sector and the necessity to construct and keep new and current companion / stakeholder relationships with these concerned in investigations to attain progress on aims, key initiatives and shared pursuits.
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K28: Perceive the several types of fraud dedicated and the way these frauds may very well be perpetrated, the processes required to find out the losses and prices figures in sanction and redress outcomes and the way to report the end result with suggestions.
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Expertise
S1: Apply laws and related codes of observe and may decide factors to show in pursuing an investigation. Apply departmental coverage.
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S2: Examine the factors to show in pursuing an investigation.
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S3: Establish sources of knowledge e.g. concerning the method of coverage and regulation change.
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S4: Keep case recordsdata and produce investigation plans to the required requirements for legal, civil, regulatory or disciplinary investigations.
Apply the Fraud Investigation Mannequin (Felony) / or organisational equal when responding to allegations of fraud.
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S5: Differentiate between varieties of proof (direct, circumstantial, rumour and many others.) and relate their significance.
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S6: Utilise forensic alternatives and the way to apply them in investigations (the place related to the kind of investigations undertaken).
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S7: Apply consideration of the ideas of RIPA codes of observe.
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S8: Implement finest observe for word taking in the course of the course of an investigation (the place related to the kind of investigations undertaken).
Implement finest observe for witness statements in the course of the course of an investigation (Related to the kind of investigations undertaken).
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S9: Produce information of the investigation actions / enquires in the course of the course of an investigation.
Apply the foundations and related insurance policies referring to the continuity of proof so the supply of proof might be totally supported.
Apply the classification and dealing with of knowledge consistent with the Nationwide Intelligence Mannequin and nationwide intelligence methodology (legal investigation) and acceptable dealing with ideas to supply and intelligence materials, demonstrating information of potential dangers of mishandling.
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S10: Take part in searches (together with consideration of Authorized Skilled Privilege) of an individual, premises, automobiles or workplaces, adhering to coverage and laws of organisation.
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S11: Assess the energy of proof and apply the related laws and codes of observe to collect proof to required requirements, topic to function
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S12: Produce witness statements to the required customary for the investigations e.g. Felony Investigation Normal.
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S13: Use evaluation strategies on a variety of knowledge and make sound and truthful investigation choices in investigation as acceptable.
Apply the organisation’s protecting marking scheme and supply administration earlier than disseminating materials.
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S14: Apply the briefing and de-briefing technique, disseminating data gathered to the suitable people, teams, or departments as required, for all investigations.
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S15: Utilise the PEACE mannequin for interviewing, making use of dialog administration and open recall strategies, full an overarching investigative interviewing technique, produce interview plans, summarise and consider interviews to the required customary.
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S16: Undertake an interview acceptable to the investigation being undertaken, introducing testimony and reveals throughout interviews as acceptable.
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S17: Recognise and reply to the various calls for of the witness.
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S18: Produce and retain correct investigator notes, narrative statements, third occasion witness testimonies and transcripts.
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S19: Produce concise, well timed, clear, balanced & correct experiences, briefings, letters, e-mails & different objects of correspondence.
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S20: Put together recordsdata, functions and orders for courtroom to the required customary for the exercise undertaken.
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S21: Current proof as a witness at acceptable hearings.
Refer acceptable instances to different regulation enforcement companies.
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S22: Adjust to the provisions of disclosure in authorized proceedings.
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S23: Acquire, document & current proof in courtroom throughout proceedings.
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S24: Produce full and correct submit investigation assessments.
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S25: Produce an proof file with materials to assist courtroom, tribunal or disciplinary proceedings in accordance with the necessities of the related laws, codes of observe or departmental coverage.
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S26: Utilise the right powers acceptable to the kind of investigation.
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S27: Construct and keep new and current companion / stakeholder relationships to attain progress on aims, key initiatives and shared pursuits and creating helpful working relationships.
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S28: Categorising fraud and supply perception into how the fraud was perpetrated, calculate the losses and prices borne in instances of fraud to be used in sanctions and redress outcomes.
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Behaviours
B1: Dedicated, conscientious and organised even when finishing a number of duties.
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B2: Take accountability for choices made and for sustaining personal information and expertise.
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B3: Work with integrity, impartiality and excellence consistent with necessities of the enterprise and their occupation.
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B4: Inquisitive, open-minded and goal, will search out evolving and progressive methods so as to add worth
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B5: Present braveness, resilience and adaptability when interacting with others to make sure one of the best final result.
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B6: Work collaboratively with stakeholders to attain widespread targets and have an consciousness of various types of working to make sure mutual respect.
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