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<p>Treasury ministers and officials engage with a number of organisations and stakeholders
on a variety of policy issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects all companies
to obey the law and relevant regulations. Anyone with evidence of forgery taking place
should report it to their bank in the first instance. If their concerns remain, or
they do not have a direct relationship with the lender, they should report it to the
relevant authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) requires
all authorised firms to have systems and controls in place to mitigate the risk that
they be used to commit financial crime. Whilst the police have primary responsibility
for investigating fraud the FCA also has powers to take a variety of enforcement action
against firms that carry out fraudulent activity.</p>
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