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5 most scandalous fraud cases of 2025

Cyber breaches and cryptocurrency scams dominated headlines in 2025 as fraudsters leveraged cutting-edge technology to steal billions. Yet, amid these high-tech schemes, some old-school fraud tactics resurfaced. Discover Fraud Magazine’s roundup of the year’s most notorious cases, as selected by the ACFE Advisory Council.

Read Time: 19 mins BY Anna Brahce BY Crystal Zuzek BY Jennifer Liebman, CFE

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Developing your interview strategy

The questions you ask and how you ask them during interviews with suspects determine your ability to effectively — and ethically — resolve cases. But successful interviews depend on careful preparation. The author, a former police detective and interviewing expert, describes what can go wrong, how to construct effective questions and best practices for developing an ethically sound fact-finding interview.

Read Time: 19 Mins

Written By: Joe Koenig, CFE

U.K.’s new fraud law could reshape compliance

The U.K.’s new “failure to prevent fraud” law, effective September 2025, makes large organizations criminally liable for lacking adequate anti-fraud systems. This article examines its impact on businesses, highlights weaknesses and proposed reforms, and offers compliance strategies.

Read time: 23 mins

Written By: Rasha Kassem, Ph.D., CFE
Martin Polaine, FCIARB, FAIADR

Impostors, investment schemes and social media’s impact

The evolution of impersonation and investment fraud is a call for institutions, regulators and individuals to adapt faster than fraudsters do. This article provides recent examples of impersonation and investment schemes, explains how social media propels them, examines the role of AI-generated deepfakes in these schemes and offers strategies that organizations can implement to combat deepfakes.

Read Time: 16 mins

Written By: Alexander Dokuchaev, CFE, CPA/ABV

Lessons in student loan fraud

In 2025, the U.K.’s education secretary ordered an investigation into allegations of millions of pounds of student loans claimed by a suspected network of fraudsters. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education introduced measures to curb rising identity theft and fraud in federal aid programs. With high-profile cases of organized crime exploiting funds meant for students, Fraud Magazine examines fraud in school financial aid and strategies for prevention and detection.

Read Time: 18 mins

Written By: Anna Brahce