Module 4 · Chapter 9

Tipping Off: What You Can Say While the NCA Decides

After a report, the firm must keep it secret while the client keeps asking questions. This chapter shows what the law forbids, who may know, and what you can safely say.

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In this chapter

  • What tipping off is, and why the law forbids it
  • Who inside the firm may know about the report
  • What to say when the client and the seller’s solicitors chase

9.1Tipping off in one paragraph

Once you have reported a suspicion to Julian, the report must stay secret. A word to the client could warn the people under suspicion. They could then move the money or hide the evidence. Meanwhile the client and the seller’s solicitors still want to know why the purchase is waiting.

The firm answers them with something true that hints at nothing. Only the few colleagues who must act on the report are told about it.

Key point

Say only what is true, and nothing that hints at the report. Every question goes to Helena first.

Also in this chapter

  1. What the law forbids, and why
  2. Who inside the firm may know
  3. When the client asks about the delay
  4. What you may say, and what you never say
  5. Your job

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