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      <title>NWFF Masterclass - 'Following the Money: Economic Crime Trends and Asset Recovery in 2026' (9 Jul 2026)</title>
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  &lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3D4979" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Thursday 9th July 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(61, 73, 121); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"&gt;9.15 - 10.30am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;North West Fraud Forum are continuing their masterclass program with our next online event. We are delighted to welcome speakers Stan Yakimov from Altia and Andrew Tennant from&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;Complyport&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; G&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;entium UK Limited.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9.05&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Online meeting join time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9.15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Welcome and Introduction&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9.20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Presentation by Stan Yakimov - topic: "&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;What Economic Crime Looks like in 2026"&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9.55&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Presentation by Andrew Tennant - topic: "&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Attacking Fraudsters with Criminal Property"&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;10.30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Summary and Close&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stan Yakimov,&amp;nbsp; Economic Crime Solutions Manager, Altia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Stan Yakimov is an Economic Crime Solutions Manager with extensive experience in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#242424"&gt;both civil and criminal investigations, specialising in financial data analysis, disclosure&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;processes, and money laundering investigations. He most recently served as a Financial&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Investigator at The Insolvency Service focusing on recoveries of complex assets and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;currently works as a strategy and operations executive for Altia, supporting organisations&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;in the detection and prevention of financial crime.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;With a strong background in the Government programmes, Stan has played a key role&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;in investigation teams, leading efforts to detect, investigate, and sanction fraud cases.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;His professional interests include the development of investigative teams, deep interrogation of financial data, and risk management. Stan brings a well-&lt;font style="font-family: &amp;quot;PT Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;rounded skill set developed through years of investigation-based roles. His practical insight into&lt;/font&gt; both public and private sector fraud environments makes him a highly sought-after voice in financial crime prevention and data-driven investigation strategy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Andrew Tennant, Managing Director, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="inherit"&gt;Complyport&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Gentium UK Limited&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 21px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" align="left"&gt;Andrew Tennant is the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span align="left"&gt;Managing Director of Complyport Gentium UK Limited an International company based in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, UAE and the United States.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Complyport Gentium UK provide International trainings, guidance and support around all aspect of finance. Including AML procedures, International Money Laundering, Virtual Currency, Confiscation, Non conviction based forfeiture, asset management and illicit financial flows. Complyport Gentium UK hold international contracts with Law Enforcement and Government agencies to recover, retain and realise virtual currency; within the United Kingdom, Europe and Africa. Providing regulation in a field where regulation has been difficult to obtain. Andrew personally served in the Law Enforcement arena for over 23 years and is a recognised as an international expert in the fields of Money Laundering and Virtual Currency. He has worked across the globe including extensive appointments through the Caribbean, Bermuda Africa and the Americas. A key partner to such companies as Chainalysis, Altia and AMLCC. Responsible for the creation of legislation and regulation to adhere to move toward virtual currencies and ensure FATF compliance working alongside numerous jurisdictions facing FATF increased monitoring jurisdictions to ensure compliance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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