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The organisation of mortgage frauds: an empirical insight into the social networks of organised crime groups involved in mortgage and property fraud in the UK (2025)
Journal Article

This article examines the role of organised crime groups (OCGs) in the organisation and commission of mortgage and property related frauds. Whilst conventionally in criminological and policing studies, serious and organised crime has been associated... Read More about The organisation of mortgage frauds: an empirical insight into the social networks of organised crime groups involved in mortgage and property fraud in the UK.

Crime scripting mortgage and bank fraud (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Jonathan Gilbert was invited by the Financial Conduct Authority to attend their offices in Stratford, London on Wednesday 9th July, to deliver a presentation on his research into bank and mortgage fraud. In the morning, Jonathan presented to circa-20... Read More about Crime scripting mortgage and bank fraud.

Convict criminology and an auto-ethnographic study of prison (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The presentation at the British Society of Criminology annual conference, held at Portsmouth University between the 2nd and 4th July, included the delivery of a presently unpublished paper on the widening of the sub-discipline of Convict Criminology,... Read More about Convict criminology and an auto-ethnographic study of prison.

How can economic crime research best inform law, policy and enforcement? (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Jonathan Gilbert participated in a panel discussion at the launch of the Economic Crime Experts Directory, alongside Kathryn Westmore (RUSI), Andrew Kennard (SWROCU) and James Bolton-Jones (Spotlight-on-Corruption), in which they critically discussed... Read More about How can economic crime research best inform law, policy and enforcement?.

Professional enablers and money laundering (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Jonathan presented on the role of professional enablers, operating as members of organised crime groups, in the facilitation of money laundering in England and Wales.

How a qualitative and empirical approach to research can support understanding of the organisation of complex financial crime (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper will examine how innovative methodologies can support a qualitative and empirical approach to researching complex financial crime. It will be argued that this approach can improve understanding of how crime is organised, beyond the biograp... Read More about How a qualitative and empirical approach to research can support understanding of the organisation of complex financial crime.

AI and the arms race between the organisers and preventers of fraud (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In June, Jonathan Gilbert attended the Money 20/20, the largest fintech event in the world, with nearly 10,000 attendees, which was held in Amsterdam between the 3rd and the 5th June, and where he presented on the Off The Record Stage with Krik Gurni... Read More about AI and the arms race between the organisers and preventers of fraud.

'Trusted to the ends of the earth'; Or Not. The solicitor's facilitating role in financial crime : A case study approach (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Jonathan presented on the facilitating role that solicitors can have in the commission and reproduction of financial crime in the UK. Jonathan draws from his own unique lived experience of financial crime and considers criminological theory to identi... Read More about 'Trusted to the ends of the earth'; Or Not. The solicitor's facilitating role in financial crime : A case study approach.

Insider Fraud (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Jonathan presented a key note at the Wales and South West Credit Management Conference on the 19th March 2025 at Atradius, Cardiff Bay. He discussed his experience of insider fraud and how best to identify red flags.

Second chances (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On the 10th December Jonathan Gilbert delivered a keynote speech entitled ‘Second Chance’ at HMPPS Wales, Learning and Skills, Continuing Professional Development, 2024 Event at the Mercure Hotel, Cardiff. Other speakers included sector experts, incl... Read More about Second chances.

UNited Against Organized Fraud - Building solutions and sharing stories (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On Tuesday 15th October 2024 Jonathan Gilbert was a panelist to the UNODC’s UNited Against Organized Fraud: Building Solutions and Sharing Stories side-talk to the Conference of the Parties to the Organized Crime Convention COP12. The side-talk was s... Read More about UNited Against Organized Fraud - Building solutions and sharing stories.

Conference podcast for leaders in finance, Utrecht, Netherlands (2024)
Digital Artefact

This special episode of the Leaders in Finance podcast is recorded live at the Leaders in Finance AML NL Event 2024. In this episode, we explore key themes that have emerged in financial crime and offer valuable insights and takeaways on the challeng... Read More about Conference podcast for leaders in finance, Utrecht, Netherlands.

When justice goes wrong: Lessons from the UK post office scandal (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Jonathan conducted a Q&A session with Ron Warmington of Second Sight. Ron is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of the Association of Corporate investigators. Between, 2012 and 2015, Ron’s company ‘Second Sight’ establ... Read More about When justice goes wrong: Lessons from the UK post office scandal.

Leaders in Finance - Anti-Money Laundering Annual Conference (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On Thursday 3rd October Jonathan Gilbert presented the keynote speech/Q&A at the Leaders in Finance-AML-NL 2024 conference in Utrecht, Netherlands. Other speakers included senior executives from Rabobank, ING, ABN AMRO, Head of FinCrime Deloittes, an... Read More about Leaders in Finance - Anti-Money Laundering Annual Conference.

Scripting mortgage fraud for the motion picture: “Fraud and its interrelationship with the financial services sector in the UK” (2024)
Journal Article

This article examines how mortgage fraud is organised in the United Kingdom, what the crime-commissioning processes are for its occurrence and what exogenous conditions and influences support its existence and its capacity to reproduce. The article a... Read More about Scripting mortgage fraud for the motion picture: “Fraud and its interrelationship with the financial services sector in the UK”.

Scripting mortgage fraud for the motion picture: Fraud and its interrelationship with the financial services sector in the UK (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This article examines how mortgage fraud is organised in the United Kingdom, what the crime-commissioning processes are for its occurrence and what exogenous conditions and influences support its existence and its capacity to reproduce. The article a... Read More about Scripting mortgage fraud for the motion picture: Fraud and its interrelationship with the financial services sector in the UK.

How to create a fraud prevention ecosystem (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Dr Diana Johnson moderated the panel event at the South West Fraud Forum annual conference. The panel was an extremely engaging and informative one, with panellists discussing how to identify and stop professional enablers/insider fraud, how to prote... Read More about How to create a fraud prevention ecosystem.

Law enforcement and serious organised crime (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Dutch Research and Documentation Centre (WODC) - the knowledge centre for the Dutch ministry of Justice and Security - is hosting a conference celebrating the 50 year anniversary of our institution. This conference will take place on Thursday the... Read More about Law enforcement and serious organised crime.

The organisation of mortgage fraud and its relationship to the governance, control and regulation of financial services (2023)
Thesis

This study adopts a critical realist approach to examine how mortgage fraud is organised in England and Wales, what the crime-commissioning processes are for its occurrence and what exogenous conditions and influences support its existence and its ca... Read More about The organisation of mortgage fraud and its relationship to the governance, control and regulation of financial services.

Professional enablers and the facilitation of mortgage fraud (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

To understand the facilitating role of professional enablers in financial crime a deeper examination is needed to identify the extent by which their actions, whether directly complicit or through contrived ignorance, supports the commission and ultim... Read More about Professional enablers and the facilitation of mortgage fraud.