Failure to Prevent Fraud: The UK's New Corporate Crime
Since 1 September 2025, a large UK organisation can be criminally liable when someone associated with it commits fraud for the organisation's benefit, with no need for board-level knowledge. In about 90 minutes and four assessed units, leaders, finance and compliance teams learn what the offence covers, whether the organisation is likely in scope, the two-limbed defence, and what the Home Office's six principles expect of a reasonable prevention programme. General awareness, not legal advice.
- Easy-to-follow course
- 4 quizzes at 80% in every course
- Narration and captions on every screen
- Written and fact-checked in 2026
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One licence for your LMS, 12 months, for the learners you buy for, delivered as one SCORM package. Priced per learner, with volume discounts.
What your team will learn
Upon course completion, employees will gain a full and clear understanding of: ---
- What the "failure to prevent fraud" offence criminalises, and why it is a genuinely new kind of corporate liability
- The s.201 thresholds that decide whether an organisation counts as "large" for this offence, and how to check
- The two-limbed statutory defence, and who can count as an "associated person" whose conduct can trigger the offence
- The Home Office's six principles of reasonable prevention procedures, from top level commitment to monitoring and review
- Where training genuinely sits within Principle 5, and why training alone is never the whole answer
- What a practical, proportionate risk assessment, whistleblowing route and training programme might involve
Who it is for
Written for executives and board. No technical background is needed, and nothing in it assumes a previous course.
Since 1 September 2025, large UK organisations can be criminally liable if a person associated with them commits fraud intending to benefit the organisation, a genuinely new kind of corporate liability that does not need board-level knowledge. This course explains what the offence actually covers, whether your organisation is likely to be in scope, and what the Home Office's guidance expects a reasonable prevention programme to look like. ---
Course contents
4 units. Each ends with a 10-question quiz; 8 correct unlocks the next unit.
The Offence Itself
What "failure to prevent fraud" actually criminalises, why it is a new kind of corporate liability that needs no board-level knowledge, when it came into force (1 September 2025, SI 2025/349), and the s.201 "large organisation" thresholds in full, with a worked self-assessment for whether an organisation is likely to be in scope.
The Two-Limbed Defence and Who Counts as "Associated"
The statutory defence properly explained as two separate limbs, not a single test, what "associated person" means and why the definition is deliberately wide, and an illustrative overview of the underlying fraud offences that can trigger the offence.
The Home Office Six Principles in Depth
Each of the six principles of reasonable prevention procedures in turn, top level commitment, risk assessment, proportionate procedures, due diligence, communication and training, and monitoring and review, with a close look at what Principle 5 specifically expects of training.
Building Your Organisation's Response
- This course is **general awareness training, not legal advice**. The legal position is current **as at August 2026**.
- The course makes **no outcome guarantee**. It never states or implies that completing it establishes, secures, evidences or provides the statutory defence, satisfies an organisation's compliance obligations, or protects an organisation from criminal liability. It supports the training element of Principle 5 of the Home Office's guidance only, one part of one of six principles.
- No CPD or accreditation claim is made anywhere in this course or its listing copy.
Details
| Length | About 1.5 hours, self-paced, resumes where the learner left off |
|---|---|
| Format | SCORM 1.2 package. Runs in any conformant LMS (Moodle, Cornerstone, Docebo, SAP SuccessFactors, TalentLMS and others) |
| Assessment | 4 unit quizzes, 10 questions each, 80% to pass. Score and completion reported to your LMS |
| Accessibility | Optional narration and captions on every screen, keyboard navigation, responsive on PC and tablet |
| Language | UK English |
| Publisher | Blocknorth |
| Written and fact-checked | In 2026, reviewed each quarter |
What a licence includes
One licence for your LMS, 12 months, for the learners you buy for, delivered as one SCORM package. Priced per learner, with volume discounts.
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Will it run in our LMS?
Yes, if your LMS supports SCORM 1.2, which almost every LMS does. You upload one zip file, assign it, and completions and scores report back automatically. We confirm compatibility for your platform before you buy, and the free sample package lets you test it in place.
Can we try it before we buy?
Yes. Ask for the free sample package and you will have Unit 1 of a foundation course as a real SCORM 1.2 file, so you can check it runs in your own LMS. Request it with the form below and you will have it within 1 working day.
What do we receive?
The SCORM package, a one-page quick-start for your LMS administrator, the course listing sheet for your catalogue, and preview images. Updates to the course during your licence are supplied at no charge.
How does a licence work?
You licence the course for the learners you buy for, for 12 months, on your own LMS, and you receive one SCORM package. Pricing is per learner with volume discounts as your numbers grow, and we licence from ten learners upwards.
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