All Outputs (21)

'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”.

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.

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.

The organisation of mortgage fraud and its relationship to the governance, control and regulation of financial services in England and Wales (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper 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 in England and Wales.

Policing and Regulating Economic Crime (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

How equipped at the law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies equipped to police and regulate economic crime facilitated by professional enablers?

House of Commons Education Committee oral evidence: Prison education (2021)
Report

Tuesday 2 November 2021
Ordered by the House of Commons to be published on 2 November 2021.
Members present: Robert Halfon (Chair); Apsana Begum; Miriam Cates; Brendan Clarke-Smith; Kate Osborne.
Questions 320 - 352 Witnesses
I: Jonathan Gilbert;... Read More about House of Commons Education Committee oral evidence: Prison education.

The organisation of mortgage fraud and the regulation of financial services in England and Wales (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the autumn of 2021, the Partnership for Conflict, Crime & Security Research (PaCCS) was delighted to welcome researchers, policymakers, industry professionals, and members of the third sector to our virtual conference on Serious Organised Crime. T... Read More about The organisation of mortgage fraud and the regulation of financial services in England and Wales.

Scripting mortgage fraud (2021)
Journal Article

An article discussing the crime scripting of mortgage fraud, including fraud-for-property and fraud-for-profit schemes, professional enablers and poly-criminals.

Jonathan’s story: “I have education to thank for my family’s pride in me” (2021)
Digital Artefact

Jonathan discusses how his re-engagement with education whilst in prison provided him with a unique second chance:
"I have education to thank for the pride my family have in me. Education has been my companion on my prison journey, a surprising comp... Read More about Jonathan’s story: “I have education to thank for my family’s pride in me”.

COVID-19 and the criminal justice system (2021)
Digital Artefact

Jonathan Gilbert reflects on his own passage through the prison system, as he progressed towards release; an experience that unexpectedly ended in the midst of a global pandemic. Gilbert in particular raises concerns about the sustained disruption th... Read More about COVID-19 and the criminal justice system.

Change your story - studying behind bars (2020)
Digital Artefact

Two former inmates tell Nia about the impact studying in prison had on their lives. Jonathan Gilbert was a practising solicitor who got sentenced to 12 years for his part in a large fraud. Johnny put this experience to good use in prison and enrolled... Read More about Change your story - studying behind bars.

Professional enablers and the facilitation of financial crime -a qualitative approach to understanding (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A former solicitor, Jonathan is currently serving a prison sentence for his role in a multi-million pound mortgage fraud. Whilst resident at HMP Parc, Bridgend Jonathan completed an MSc (Distinction) in Counter Fraud and Counter Corruption Studies by... Read More about Professional enablers and the facilitation of financial crime -a qualitative approach to understanding.