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06 May 2020
Issue: 7885 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Fraud
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COVID-19: Get tough on fraudsters

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Lawyers will have to get to grips with a range of risks, frauds, scams and compliance issues arising in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Criminals were quick to exploit potential opportunities, whether posing as holiday companies offering refunds, selling counterfeit pharmaceutical products or revenue fraud.

Writing in NLJ, Jonathan Fisher QC, of Bright Line Law and Red Lion Chambers, says: ‘Crucially, the large-scale disruption created by COVID-19 can affect individual due diligence, which makes for fertile ground.’

Fisher looks at the range of potential frauds and offers advice on how lawyers should deal with these. 

Issue: 7885 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Fraud
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