Fraud

How money goes missing, and the controls that stop it.

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    Deepfake CFO scams: a payment-verification protocol

    Fraud, , 6 min read

    The 2024 Arup loss happened without a single system being breached. The defense is a written rule that no voice, face or message authorizes a payment on its own, backed by callbacks and dual release.

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    Vendor bank-change fraud: five controls that stop it

    Fraud, , 6 min read

    Fraudsters rarely break into the bank. They ask accounts payable to update a vendor's bank details. Five controls, run in a fixed order, make that request fail.

  • Engraving of a receipt under a jeweller's loupe that reveals pixel-like squares, the loupe rim in magenta.

    Fake receipts made with AI image tools are now a reported pattern in expense fraud. How to move evidence to the card, which checks still work, and the policy clauses to add.

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    Run a fraud risk assessment in one afternoon

    Fraud, , 6 min read

    A first fraud risk assessment needs five or six of the right people, five system reports and four disciplined hours. Here is the agenda, and the register to fill in by the end of the day.

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