Queensland's fraud squad is selling sponsorships of up to $25,000 for private companies to attend an anti-fraud and cyber crime symposium at the luxury Sanctuary Cove resort on the Gold Coast, the ABC can reveal.

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Criminologist warns selling of sponsorships could undermine police independence Queensland police says any money raised will be used for prevention, awareness projects

This is despite an ongoing investigation by the Crime and Corruption Commission into the collection of sponsorships by the fraud squad project that runs the symposiums.

Project Synergy has raised tens of thousands of dollars from the private sector.

The ABC has obtained a "Sponsorship Proposal" brochure for the 2016 symposium at Sanctuary Cove.

It offers companies the "opportunity to engage and develop your client base, representing considerable return on investment".

The sponsorships for the three-day symposium range from the $10,000 Bronze sponsorship, up to $25,000 for the Platinum deal.

Queensland Police detective-turned-criminologist Terry Goldsworthy warned that selling sponsorships could undermine the independence of the police.

"There is room for a conflict of interest. Where you have police getting involved in assisting direct marketing, attaching branding to things, I think you start getting into murky waters," he said.

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The Platinum sponsor gets "acknowledgement at opening and closing sessions" as well as prominent signage, their company logo on symposium literature, and "database access to all consenting delegates" attending the event.

Convicted Enron fraudster among speakers

Speakers at the symposium include senior FBI securities fraud specialist David A Chaves, and Andrew Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Enron Corporation, which was one of the largest bankruptcies in US history.

Mr Fastow spent six years in a federal prison for securities fraud. Sponsorships of the symposium's Gala Dinner are also on sale for $17,500.

Other events include the "Wednesday Night Fever" Gala evening in which guests are encouraged to wear disco dress to "dance the night away to the very best of the '70s, '80s, and '90s".

"I suspect they would make quite a bit of money out of this [symposium], and that leads into a whole other area of accountability and governance," Dr Goldsworthy said.

"Where does that money go? How is it accounted? Who has access to it? What's it used for?"

Funds to go towards crime prevention, awareness programs

The Queensland Police Service told the ABC that any money raised would be used for prevention and awareness projects including the development of a "Detect-A-Scam" phone app and a children's cyber safety program.

Funds would also be used for police programs such as regional specialist training and for research into fraud "victimology and prevention treatments".

The ABC can confirm that Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission is still investigating the management of Project Synergy.

The project run by the fraud squad has conducted previous symposiums and other crime-prevention forums, and it raised $165,000 in just two years from some of Australia's best known companies, including Telstra, Hewlett Packard and the CPA.

The Queensland Police Service said it was still waiting for the formal recommendations from the investigation.