CISI Combating Financial Crime: Terrorist Financing (TF) vs Money Laundering—Key Differences
Understand TF definition, how it can involve small sums and legitimate sources, and why it is difficult to detect compared with money laundering.
Understand TF definition, how it can involve small sums and legitimate sources, and why it is difficult to detect compared with money laundering.
Exam-focused lesson on predicate offences: the underlying crimes that generate proceeds which may be laundered, and how standards classify them.
Clear exam-ready explanation of money laundering, proceeds of crime, and what “handling” criminal property means in practice.
Learn how CISI frames “financial crime”, how FSMA defines it, and why extra-territorial scope matters for exam scenarios and real compliance work.
MAR made simple for CISI CFC: what instruments are covered, core prohibitions, issuer disclosure rules, insider lists, and STOR reporting duties.
Internal vs external fraud for CISI CFC: examples, employee warning signs, supplier/customer fraud patterns, and how to avoid exam traps.
APP fraud explained for CISI CFC: how fraudsters trick victims to authorise payments, common scenarios, and pitfalls in exam questions.
Money mules and smurfing explained: how criminals use accounts and small transactions to place and move illicit funds—key exam concepts in CISI CFC.
Advance fee (419) fraud explained: why victims pay, how fraudsters escalate fees, and what red flags matter for CISI CFC exam questions.
Application fraud explained for CISI CFC: how accounts are opened using fake or stolen documents, why it’s risky, and how exams test it.
Understand malware and ransomware with a WannaCry-style case lens: how it spreads, why it matters, and how exam questions frame it in CISI CFC.
Learn key cybercrime terms (phishing, malware, ransomware, DDoS) and how they link to fraud risks tested in CISI CFC.
Clarify identity theft, identity fraud, and account takeover—definitions, indicators, and how exam scenarios distinguish them in CISI CFC.
Study the UK Fraud Act 2006: the three classes of fraud, key elements (dishonesty, intent), and exam-style traps to avoid for CISI CFC.