Mike Timoney, CFE

Fighting fake identities

• July 1, 2022

Fraudsters create identities from bits and pieces of fictitious or stolen personally identifiable information. The U.S. Federal Reserve provides a one-stop online toolkit with downloadable resources to help educate financial institutions and other businesses about synthetic identity fraud and how to protect themselves.

Written By: Mike Timoney, CFE

• • Cyberfraud
  • Identity Theft

Learning to speak the same fraud language

• March 1, 2021

The FraudClassifier model, developed by a U.S. Federal Reserve-led industry work group, provides the payments industry with an intuitive classification approach to help fraud fighters get on the same page to understand the nature and magnitude of fraud.

Written By: Mike Timoney, CFE, Beth Reynolds

• • Fraud Investigation and Examination