The economic impact of fraud continues to rise, and criminals continue to evolve their methods and schemes to defraud the global financial system and individuals. Law enforcement is working to evolve and develop new and advanced methods and technologies to identify, disrupt, dismantle and prosecute fraudsters and their criminal organizations. Panelists will discuss how law enforcement agencies are working with other government agencies–national and regional–and industry partners, developing multi-prong strategies and applying innovative technologies and prosecution methods to combat fraud–from scams that use aggressive marketing and telecom services to cyber-enabled financial crimes.

Potential topics include:

•    How law enforcement is combating the increased fraud due to COVID. With the surge in COVID, criminals have capitalized on vulnerabilities in the CARES Act and the supply chain of personal protective equipment (PPE).
•    How agencies can adopt more data-driven, diligent practices to reduce risk.
•    Applying data and analytics to rapidly identify potential fraudsters.
•    Working with federal, state and local partners to combat cyber-enabled fraud, such as ransomware attacks against the health care industry and state and local government.
•    Combating document and benefit fraud associated with immigration-related crimes, such as human trafficking, critical infrastructure protection, worksite enforcement, visa compliance enforcement and national security investigations.
•    Deploying cyber security solutions for fraud protection and prevention.