Acknowledgements
I want to thank everybody who has contributed in any way to the publication of this book. An impossible task of course, because this necessarily includes so many people. For example, everyone who has attended one of my lectures, workshops or training courses is absolutely included because they have all made a contribution– every time I deliver a talk on fraud I learn something myself from the comments, observations and stories coming from the members of the audience. I only hope that those of you who have listened to my talks have enjoyed them as much as I have enjoyed giving them.
Also included in the thanks are the numerous professionals that I have worked with on fraud assignments over the years. This begins with the old Polly Peck investigation team – too many to name everyone here but the core team comprised: John Aizelwood, Lucy Bracken, Adam Downing, John Forbes, Alice Hayes, Gill Head, Will Inglis, Piyesh Patel, David Pollock and Phil Weston. Particular thanks go to a small number of experts from various specialisms and disciplines from whom I learned so much in my early years of working on fraud cases: Christopher Morris and Fergus Falk; Mark Tantam and Martin Muirhead; David Oliver QC; Paul Gordon-Saker and Simon Castley; and Ian Johnson. More recently I have done much training, lecturing and conference work and I want to thank Dr John Mitchell and Keith Checkley for encouraging me to do so and for providing the initial introductions.
I have spent much ...
