About.

Fraud Training Ltd was established to deliver the ACFE 'Certified Fraud Examiner' (CFE) qualification. We are the exclusive ACFE Authorised Trainer for the CFE Exam Review Course for the United Kingdom. ​

Our Team

Tim Harvey CFE
Director

Tim joined the Metropolitan Police in January 1979.

He has been a career Detective working in central, south and west London. The capital required investigations into a vast range of crimes including but certainly not limited to assaults, burglaries, rapes, robberies and murders and of course fraud. In 1993 he joined New Scotland Yard as a Detective Inspector and ran an investigative team on the Fraud Squad.

He was promoted to Detective Chief Inspector and then to Detective Superintendent with responsibility for several teams including arts and antiques, public sector corruption, money laundering and fraud teams.  He chaired the National Financial Investigators Working Group and sat on numerous groups and committees to assist and advise on the development of new legislation. With the Deputy Head of the Serious Fraud Office and a senior Crown Prosecution Officer he was part of the Joint Vetting Committee who decided which cases were to be accepted by the SFO.

When the City of London Police became “Lead force for fraud” he was recruited to double the size of their existing Economic Crime Department and  increased the detection rate of that department to 75%. Being a practitioner for many years as well as a senior manager of the country’s two largest fraud squads Tim has a wealth of experience in strategic  fraud management and investigations.

Leaving the Police, he now works as a consultant and is also Global Chapter Liaison for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.  He has assisted in running UK and International Conferences and is the current President of the ACFE UK Chapter.

Dr Stephen Hill BSc (Hons), MLPI, CIIP, PhD
Director

Stephen is an expert trainer and consultant with over 20 years’ experience providing services to the private and public sector in fraud (cyber) risk management, data security/protection and internet investigations & open source intelligence.
 
Stephen spent over 11 years working for a top international firm of chartered accountants heading the Fraud and Forensic Group, leading an expert body advising clients on prevention, detection and recovery of fraudulent assets, working closely with the police, HMRC and private sector.
 
Dr Hill spent 12 years as a Trustee Director of the Fraud Advisory Panel and is now a special advisor.  He chaired the Fraud Advisory Panel's Cyber Crime Working Group with colleagues from the public, private, and third sectors. He is an honorary member on the steering committee of the London Fraud Forum and sits on the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners UK Chapter committee.
 
Stephen spent over 2 years training the National Crime Agency and their National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) and has since become a National Crime Agency Special advising on OSINT and internet investigations.
 
He has spoken at conferences in the UK, Europe, UAE and SE Asia aimed at both corporate and regulatory sectors including running a special cyber security and OSINT course in Abu Dhabi for ADAA (Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority).  In 2016 he traveled to Australia and New Zealand visiting the major cities and speaking to audiences on the risks of cyber-crime and the importance of open source intelligence. In addition, he has trained UK and European police forces (including Operation Podium in the buildup to the 2012 Olympics and the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorist Group SO15), the Lithuania’s Cyber Crime Unit, Home Office, private-sector fraud units, not-for-profit organisations, and major world banks, telecommunication companies and retailers.
 
Stephen has written for several well-known publications, including The Sunday Times, Accountancy Magazine, FS Focus, Recovery Journal, Charity Finance, and the Solicitors Journal, and commented on Radio 5 and the BBC's Real Story. Stephen has contributed to many fraud and risk management publications, including CIMA's Fraud Risk Management: A Guide to Good Practice.
 
He has published a book called Corporate Fraud: Prevention & Detection by Bloomsbury Professional with practical advice on all aspects of fraud and how to prevent it, with the royalties going to the charity Victim Support. He is currently working on a new publication on open source intelligence and internet-based investigations.
 
With an appointment as a Volunteer to the City of London police Economic Crime Directorate, Stephen assists fraud investigators with the aid of online investigation techniques.  In addition, he is an associate at the Economic Crime Academy at the City of London police running foundation and advanced level internet investigation and open source intelligence courses. Stephen speaks to schools on the dangers of the Internet in line with his role as a safeguarding and child protection governor at his local primary school.