Under the new offence of failure to prevent fraud, companies can incur liability as a result of acts by their "associated persons". In this episode Elizabeth Head, Rob Hunt and Shannan Casey-Black discuss the types of third parties that can be "associated persons" for this purpose, consider how this compares with similar concepts under the Bribery Act 2010 and the Criminal Finances Act 2017, and provide some advice to companies as they start to think about their risks in this area.

You can also read our accompanying briefing on this topic, which is available on our blog: https://hsfnotes.com/fsrandcorpcrime/2024/03/22/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023-who-is-an-associated-person-for-the-failure-to-prevent-fraud-offence/

Speakers are Robert Hunt, Elizabeth Head and Shannan Casey-Black