INDONESIA - BANKING - Banks wage war on text message-based fraud

Bank Indonesia says it will hold a meeting with several national banks united in the banking mediation working group (WMGP) to discuss ways to fight fraudulent text messages leading to theft via bank transfers.

“The banks joined in WGMP have made commitments to cooperate in taking preventive measures to protect bank customers from such text messages. Bank Indonesia and WGMP members are ready to wage war on people who transfer request texts as a medium for theft,” Bank Indonesia spokesman Difi A. Johansyah says in a press release as quoted by tribunnews.com. (source)

CONFERENCE - Dec 2010 - International Conference on Financial Criminology

International Conference on Financial Criminology - Deterring Fraud Through Financial Criminology with Islamic perspectives

Theme: Deterring Fraud through Financial Criminology with Islamic perspectives
Date: 14-15 December 2010
Venue: Menara SSM@ Sentral, Kuala Lumpur

The International Conference on Financial Criminology (ICFC) 2010 will be held on 14-15 December 2010 at Kuala Lumpur. This conference will present keynote address and guest lectures by professionals with experiences in investigations, legal aspects, forensic accounting, internal control, audit and commercial crime, with an emphasis in Islamic Financial Criminology.

The conference attempts to offer a significant discourse for the interaction of ideas and exchange of information among academics and practitioners alike towards managing the risks of white collar crime across various countries. With the advent of Islamic finance practices around the globe, the conference attempts to create “vibration” in this area, particularly in handling the commercial fraud within the system.  Brochure and Registration Form