14th Counter Fraud, Cybercrime and Forensic Accounting Conference

The 14th annual Counter Fraud, Cybercrime and Forensic Accounting conference will be hosted by the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime at the University of Portsmouth on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th June 2025.

This year’s conference will feature keynote and plenary speakers including:

• Professor Nicholas Lord, Centre for Digital Trust and Society, University of Manchester;
• Glen Prichard, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime;
• Alex Wood, Counter Fraud Consultant;
• Craig Jones, CyPol (past director Cybercrime @ INTERPOL);
• Simon Newman, Online Dating Discovery Association;
• Chris Freeman (Public Sector Fraud Authority);
• Fran Dowling, Head of Fraud Policy Unit, Home Office; 
• Kay Linnell, Forensic Accountant and Chartered Arbitrator, Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance.

In addition to the above, over 60 speakers from across the globe will be sharing their research and expertise on a range of topics including Online Harms, Fraud Victimisation, Anti-Fraud Technology, Hacktivism, Cyber-enabled Terrorism, Beneficial Ownership, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Deepfakes and Misinformation, Anti-Corruption, Virtual Assets, Consumer Fraud and many more.The aim of the conference is to network, share our research and insights into techniques, ideas, or approaches that help to inform fellow scholars and professionals on  important debates in the field of cybercrime, economic crime and forensic accounting.

The live plenary and keynote sessions will be streamed free of charge. For any questions or guidance about the conference, please contact the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime.