Fraud Committee inquiry: how is digital fraud countered in the EU, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the USA?

These evidence sessions will be streamed live on Parliament TV.

At 2.30pm the committee will hear from:

• Markko Künnapu, Legal Adviser, Estonian Ministry of Justice
• Andrea Garcia Rodríguez, Lead Digital Policy Analyst at European Policy Centre.

At 3.30pm the committee will hear from:

• Melissa Hodgman, Associate Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), United States.

At 4.30pm the committee will hear from:

• Superintendent Gerard Pollock, Chair, ScamwiseNI Partnership, Police Service of Northern Ireland
• DCI Stevie Trim, Economic Crime and Financial Investigation Unit, Police Scotland.

Questions the committee is likely to cover in this session include:

• What are the key fraud trends in Europe and the USA today and how have they changed over time?
• What impact does Estonia’s high levels of cyber-literacy have on the general population’s awareness of digital fraud?
• What are the central components of the EU’s counter-fraud response and how effective is this response?
• What is the SEC’s approach to cryptoassets and how does fraud inform decision making when it comes to regulation?
• How effective are the powers the SEC has to bring civil action against those who break the law and how often are they used?
• What is the benefit of the campus model operated by Police Scotland for countering fraud, and what are the key challenges of this model?
• What is the role of public education campaigns in preventing fraud?

More on this inquiry

Read the transcript of the committee’s previous oral evidence session on Monday 23 May 2022.

The committee’s work can be followed on its website and via Twitter.