2020 Tackling Economic Crime Awards winners announced in online ceremony

The winners were selected by an esteemed panel of judges and the awards presented in 11 separate categories to public, private and third sector organisations and individuals deemed to have made a significant impact when it comes to preventing acts of economic crime.

Professor Martin Gill CSyP FSyI, founder of the TECAs, commented: “We were delighted to hold the presentation of the TECAs for the second year, albeit virtually, and recognise the sector’s achievements at the end of what has been such a challenging year. All of the finalists and especially the winners should be proud of their achievements.”

Gill added: “The judging process is strict and robust. Each judge marks independently against a set of criteria and they commit to declaring any conflict of interest. Each entry must achieve a fixed score threshold to become a finalist, ensuring consistent quality across the competition. In turn, this means that all of the finalists – individuals, teams and companies alike – have demonstrated outstanding performance of the highest level.”

2020 Award Winners

Outstanding Team

Zurich Insurance Intelligence Team

Outstanding Customer Service Initiative

Hertfordshire Constabulary and Catch 22 – Beacon Victim Care Initiative

Outstanding Training Initiative

Lloyds Banking Group – Fraud and Financial Crime Training Initiative

Outstanding New Product

Zurich Insurance – Carpe Data Counter Fraud Solution for Zurich Insurance

Outstanding Partnership

BAE Systems and Zurich Partnership

Outstanding Investigator

Dave Perry (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs)

Outstanding Young Professional

Zac Barrett (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs FIS Cyber Crime)

Outstanding Female Professional

Claire Jenkins (Companies House)

Outstanding Male Professional

Philip Juhasz (Hertfordshire Shared Anti-Fraud Service)

Outstanding Prevention Initiative

Scam Marshals (National Trading Standards Scams Team)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Katy Worobec

The event organisers would like to thank all those who helped to make the TECAs such a success including the industry associations and their representative judges, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Cabinet Office, Cifas, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, the City of London Police, the Fraud Advisory Panel, the H I Counter Fraud Group, the Insurance Fraud Bureau, the London Fraud Forum, the National Anti-Fraud Network, the North East Fraud Forum, the NHS Counter Fraud Authority, the Royal United Services Institute, the Serious Fraud Office, UK Finance and the University of Portsmouth.

Sponsors of this year’s TECAs were Altia-ABM and Cifas and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, with Security Matters, International Security Expo and The Security Event serving as Official Media Partners.