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The workforce that emerges from the combination of stay at home orders and the financial crisis will undoubtedly be very different than ever before. Each of us is dealing with unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety and uncertainty. External stressors can cause people in positions of trust to suspend good judgment and make some truly terrible […]

Psychology plays a significant role in investigations. Behavioral science profiling has proven to be invaluable to law enforcement and their ability to bring serial killers, terrorists and other violent offenders to justice.  And yet the use of the psychological techniques in the study of white-collar criminals has not garnered nearly the same amount of attention […]

Using AI for Trade Surveillance and Fraud Detection Artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning have become dominant forces shaping the banking and capital markets sector in recent years. Financial institutions are allocating significant resources on AI-based applications and talent and regulators are paying increased attention to the emergence of AI and its impact on […]

Fraud risk can lay dormant below the surface for years. This is often the case until someone in a control position recognizes a weakness in the control environment and exploits it for their gain. Right now, there are thousands of ongoing fraud schemes taking place in organizations that have gone unnoticed for years.  Organizational resiliency […]

During the last financial crisis, Warren Buffet said, “You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” Adverse market conditions expose risks and test a company’s resilience and like low tides, when the economy recedes, long-running frauds are often exposed. In an episode of the Fraud Eats Strategy podcast series, I connected […]