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Our Head of Fraud Insights, David Maimon, worked together with VALID Systems to put together this amazing white paper diving deep into how check fraud in the United States has transformed from isolated “check washing” incidents into a coordinated, technology-enabled criminal enterprise: https://hubs.li/Q03-YPYT0 Check out the report to: * Understand how modern check fraud operates as a coordinated ecosystem spanning identity fabrication, account brokering, social engineering, and cross-institutional exploitation. * See how fraudulent check deposits differ across the account lifecycle. * Learn the behavioral signatures that distinguish fraud at each stage, including balance patterns, deposit behavior, and anomalous check characteristics. * Discover why traditional controls consistently fail and how fraudsters leverage patience and coordination to evade detection. * Explore the layered defenses required to disrupt the stolen-check economy, including identity intelligence, behavioral trend analytics, payer-level signals, and cross-institution visibility.

Our Head of Fraud Insights, David Maimon, spearheaded some fascinating new research that was just published in Security Magazine. He analyzed identities on the NBA and NFL draft lists and found that these young players — most of whom are not yet famous — are nevertheless much more likely to be targeted for identity theft than the average American. Check out the article to learn just how stark the difference is, and why it's happening: https://hubs.li/Q03-x_fR0

Last month we shared an article featuring SentiLink's Head of Fraud Insights, David Maimon, that discussed how foreign scholars have become targets for major crime rings. Today we published a new whitepaper that takes a closer look at exactly how the identities of former legal immigrants are fueling fraud. Read the whitepaper to: - Learn how Russian-language fraud markets have turned these abandoned identities into a high-value commodity. - See case studies of three former immigrants that demonstrate how identities left behind years earlier have been reactivated in recent attempts to secure credit, with some applications linked to clusters of broader identity theft activity. - Learn what action should be taken to combat this threat. Download it here: https://hubs.li/Q03XR2y80

Our Head of Fraud Insights, David Maimon, will be joining fraud experts from across the industry tomorrow (Wednesday, November 19th) at 12:00 PM ET for a discussion you won’t want to miss! Tune in to Taktile’s Expert Talk, “AI-Powered Fraud: Synthetic Identities and Deepfakes Reshaping Financial Crime,” tomorrow to learn: • How generative AI is driving a surge in synthetic IDs and deepfake scams • The latest fraudster tactics, from bypassing biometrics to selling digital personas • Using AI to detect and disrupt next-gen fraud techniques • Practical steps to strengthen defenses in the AI fraud arms race In addition to David, you’ll hear from: • Dustin J. Eaton CFE CAMS CFCI CFCS CAFP CGSS CAMS-RM CAFS, Principal of Fraud & AML, Taktile • Frank McKenna, Co-Founder and Chief Fraud Strategist, Point Predictive • Steve Lenderman, CFE, CFCI, Head of Fraud Prevention at isolved Register now: https://hubs.li/Q03TNh7x0

Foreign scholars are a major target for organized crime rings. Many leave the country after completing their degrees, but leave behind a wealth of personal information, including social security numbers, that bad actors are quick to seize. Because they're no longer in the U.S., these people don't receive alerts that something might be going on with their credit—but if they ever return, they often face a mountain of debt and a destroyed credit score that would make life in the U.S. extremely difficult. SentiLink's Head of Fraud Insights David Maimon and Fraud Intelligence Analyst Karl Lubenow uncovered this tactic while looking for other examples of Assumed Identity Abuse. You can read more about what they found in this new article from the Los Angeles Times: https://hubs.li/Q03SgQZn0

Join us for everyone's favorite session at Money20/20: Happy Hour! Head to the HaSalon (inside The Venetian) next Monday, Oct. 27 at 5:00 PM for light bites, drinks, and plenty of networking with your fellow risk and compliance leaders! Learn more and register here: https://hubs.li/Q03Q5KBV0

Don't miss our Co-Founder & CEO Naftali Harris at Money20/20! You can catch his session with Oscilar Co-Founder & CEO Neha Narkhede and Fintech Takes Founder Alex Johnson this Sunday — details below: - Panel Title: Deepfakes, Real Risk: Fighting Fraud in an Age of Synthetic Identity - Date/Time: Sunday, October 26th at 3:00 PM - Location: Fraud Summit: Marco Polo, 801-803, Level 1 Learn more about the session here: https://hubs.li/Q03PZTZs0 We hope to see you there!

Our Head of Fraud Insights, David Maimon, published the second part of his two-part series examining fraud in America in Forbes yesterday. The big takeaway: evidence from FinCEN SAR data and underground markets shows that bank accounts have become critical infrastructure for criminal networks engaged in fraud and money laundering. Fraudsters are purposely targeting account types that attract the least scrutiny (and maximize their laundering capacity). And to make matters worse, they're openly advertising their services. You can read the article here to learn more about what the data tells us, and how consumers, businesses, and financial institutions should respond: https://hubs.li/Q03PKvtQ0

We're excited to announce SentiLink's new CIP Match and Watchlists! This new solution delivers transparent, actionable signals that enable compliance teams to meet regulatory requirements, stay ahead of rapidly evolving fraud tactics, and drive revenue growth by approving more legitimate customers. CIP Match and Watchlists delivers significant new capabilities and benefits, including: - Enhanced Match Fidelity: Granular matching of identity components (with the option to include phone number) enables customers to verify more legitimate identities without increasing risk exposure. - Intelligent Fuzzy Scoring: A pre-defined 0-1 fuzzy score differentiates between legitimate variations and potential fraud indicators (using an SSN that belongs to someone else), with adjustable risk tolerance levels. - Automated CIP Decisions: Built-in scorecard orchestration delivers CIP decisions and recommendations that maximize acceptance rates while maintaining compliance and security standards. - And more that will help financial institutions address hard-to-verify populations that are often underserved by traditional CIP approaches. Read the full announcement here to learn more about how CIP Match and Watchlists transforms what is often seen as a regulatory obligation into a source of actionable insight and real business value: https://lnkd.in/gJ8GNMU7