Jim Boutcher

I'm a professional fraud-stopper, without doubt the most excellent role in a varied databasey career. I also have a kind of entrepreneurial thing aimed at taking away all the barriers to giving.

Triangulation Let Me Down Members Public

Early 80s song references are definitely a Thing for me. You can definitely read my thoughts here, and hopefully have fun, but I heartily recommend giving the wonderful Planet Money podcast a listen: Wake up and smell the fraud : Planet MoneySometimes online shopping can feel a little unsavory. There are

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Money Laundromats Members Public

Now it's worth noting that I am less knowledgable about Anti-Money Laundering (AML). Not least because I have chosen to be so. When starting out in the fraud prevention world, I was working on card fraud, application fraud, internet banking (IB) fraud as well as AML. They all have different

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Skim Reading Members Public

Skimming is quite fun, really. It's low-tech, high-tech, a Busman's Holiday, equal opportunity, annoying, and fiendish. How it works, most commonly in New Zealand, is this. A group of villains obtain a deep insert skimming device This little beauty is inserted deep into the little green-windowed card slot on the

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À La Recherche D'Argent Perdu Members Public

This is not actually intended to be a serious set of posts. Factual, yes, but not gloomy. So on the fun side of financial crime, it's worth remembering who actually loses money here. And the answer is... it depends. At the risk of being a "Graphic Design is my passion"

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Smooth Financial Criminal Members Public

Financial Crime is an everyday occurrence. Whether it is fraud (where you aren't doing anything) or a scam (where you aren't doing what you think you are doing), it happens every hour of every day. Literally, I assure you. These are some numbers to call if you believe you are

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