Hacking of personal information. It’s certainly nothing new. But the hacking of a credit reporting agency? That’s more akin to breaking into Fort Knox. Even years later, the story remains shocking for its business ineptitude, callousness, and technical ignorance. And for those reasons, and avoiding similar outcomes, it’s worth revisiting. The guilty parties were world […]
Category: Financial Crime Analysis
Categories
Fraud Investigations
What is fraud? What is financial crime? Tackling this subject and the investigation of same, opens up a very broad topic. Invariably, whatever our chosen terms for these illicit activities, when we are talking about them we are talking about property crimes. But beyond that, there are a surprising variety of definitions for both. For […]
What is it? Synthetic Identity Fraud (SIF). Simply put, it is the combination of real facts about someone with fake information, often an amalgamation of other sources to create a new identity for purposes of fraud. It is common, growing, and very effective with few consequences for the perpetrator. Who Is Doing It? Crime rings. […]
Categories
Deciphering Deception
Uncover workplace lies. We hear quite a bit about body language and true intent. Often cited research by Albert Mehrabian suggests roughly 55% of communication is non-verbal (see “Silent Messages“). That in itself is a fascinating subject, but what of that other 45%? And specifically, what about the spoken rather than the written word? We […]