Episode 1: Let's Talk FinCrime with Tipper X

Where did the money come from, and where did it go – that’s the question forensic accountants work to answer. Robert Nordlander spent more than 20 years at the IRS as a special agent in forensic accounting working to uncover massive levels of fraud. In this episode, hear his most interesting stories from his experience following the money.

Robert Nordlander is a CPA and CFE with over 20 years of experience as a special agent with IRS-Criminal Investigation.  During his time with the IRS, Robert investigated federal tax crimes and money laundering around the world.  Currently, Robert is the principal member of Nordlander CPA, PLLC, a boutique forensic accounting firm specializing in forensic accounting to solve tax problems. 

You can also find Robert on his podcast: Fraud Fighter.

Standard compliance doesn’t mean you’re completely safe. On this episode of Let’s Talk FinCrime, we’re joined by Corey White, CEO and Co-Founder of Cyvatar, as we discuss his storied career in the cybersecurity industry, how cybersecurity has changed over the years and how bad actors attack and breach your accounts in the modern age.

Corey White is a proven security industry veteran with more than twenty-five years of success building and implementing security strategies and leading consulting teams. His work encompasses virtually every industry, including government, high tech, hospitality, critical infrastructure, finance, healthcare and manufacturing.

Currently the CEO and co-founder of Cyvatar, Corey also served as the SVP of Worldwide Consulting, Chief Experience Officer at Cylance and as the Southwest Director of Consulting for Foundstone & McAfee/Intel Professional Services. He’s an avid lover of bio-hacking, manifestation, and meditation.

You can hear more of our conversation with Corey  by visiting actimize.nice.com/podcast

What is AI and machine learning and how are they being used in the fight against financial crime?

In this episode of Let’s Talk FinCrime, hear from Parit Patel, NICE Actimize Director of Solutions Consulting, as he discusses changes in managing financial crime risk brought on by AI and machine learning, as well as its general growth outlook over the coming years.

Parit Patel is the Solutions Director for EMEA and APAC at NICE Actimize. Parit has been part of this team for over two years and focuses on helping customers design and develop a financial crime roadmap that makes them more accurate and effective. Before joining NICE Actimize, Parit spent nearly 20 years across a number of technology start-ups - specifically within organizations that focused on AI and machine learning.

You can hear more of our conversation with Parit  by visiting actimize.nice.com/podcast

Why do good people make bad choices in the workplace? On this episode of Let’s Talk FinCrime, we bring back Tom Hardin, better known as Tipper X, as we discuss the vital importance of instilling an ethical culture to reinforce accountability and put your organization in a position to make the right choices.

Tom became one of the most prolific informants in securities fraud history, helping to build over 20 of the 80+ individual criminal cases in “Operation Perfect Hedge,” a Wall Street house cleaning campaign that morphed into the largest insider trading investigation of a generation. As the youngest professional implicated in the sting, Tom was tasked with wearing a covert body wire on over 40 occasions to help the FBI bring down some of its biggest targets in the industry.

Hear the rest of Tom and Paul's conversation by visiting actimize.nice.com/podcast

Want to learn more about Tipper X? Visit his website here.

How can we protect ourselves against criminals who have been social engineering their entire lives? As we kick off season three, we’ll talk to Brett Johnson, a former fraudster that built up the first organized cybersecurity community, who now shares his strategies on how to help protect the average person from financial crime.

The United States Secret Service called Brett Johnson "The Original Internet Godfather" for his role in refining modern financial cybercrime. Brett was convicted of 39 felonies, placed on the US Most Wanted List, escaped from prison and built the first organized cybercrime community, Shadowcrew.  Shadowcrew was a precursor to today's darknet and darknet markets, and laid the foundation for the way modern cybercrime channels operate today. 

Today, Brett is considered one of the leading authorities on cybercrime, identity theft, and cybersecurity on the planet. He works hard to protect businesses and consumers from the type of person he used to be. 

Hear the rest of Brett's and Nicole's conversation by visiting actimize.nice.com/podcast

Want to learn more about The Original Internet Godfather? Visit his website.

Let's Talk FinCrime will be back with exciting new guests this fall! For now, here's one of our favorite episodes from season one. 

Known as “Tipper X,” Tom Hardin became one of the most prolific informants in securities fraud history, helping to build over 20 of the 80+ individual criminal cases in “Operation Perfect Hedge,” a Wall Street house cleaning campaign that morphed into the largest insider trading investigation of a generation. As the youngest professional implicated in the sting, Tom was tasked with wearing a covert body wire on over 40 occasions to help the FBI bring down some of its biggest targets in the industry.

In a reunion of sorts, Tom was invited by the FBI-NYC’s office to speak to their rookie agents in 2016 and is now a global keynote speaker, corporate trainer and board advisor on behavioral ethics, compliance and organizational conduct and culture risk. Through rigorous self-examination, Tom took responsibility for his actions as a young professional, used the experience to transform his life and is now on an on-going journey into behavioral science and why employees sometimes make the wrong decision.

Hear the rest of Tom and Dave's conversation by visiting actimize.nice.com/podcast

Want to learn more about Tipper X? Visit his website here.

At what point in the fraud triangle of opportunity, pressure and rationalization can a good person make a bad decision? In this episode, we’ll talk to Kelly Paxton, a Certified Fraud Examiner, private investigator and former special agent for U.S. Customs as we cover the “could vs. should” side of ethics when it comes to financial crime, and how organizations can help their employees make ethical decisions.

Kelly Paxton has more than 20 years of investigative experience as a Certified Fraud Examiner, private investigator, author and podcast host-founder of Great Women in Fraud. She started her career in law enforcement as a Special Agent for the U.S. Customs Office of Investigations, working with white collar fraud, money laundering and narcotics cases. Kelly is also the proud owner of pinkcollarcrime.com, a passion of hers about embezzlers in the workplace.  Her book, Embezzlement: How to Prevent, Detect, and Investigate Pink-Collar Crime, was published in December 2020.

You can hear more of our conversation with Kelly by visiting actimize.nice.com/podcast

What does fighting a global disaster have to do with fighting financial crime? In this episode, we’ll talk to Roy Wilsher, former Chair of the UK National Fire Chiefs Council. Over Roy’s 40 year career, he has led disaster responses to catastrophic events such a tsunami in Japan and a major rail crash in London. Hear lessons learned from Roy’s career and how we can apply these tactics to our financial crime risk management approach.

Roy Wilsher began his career in the Fire Service in 1981 in North London.  In 1998, Roy became Senior Divisional Fire Safety Officer, responsible for 11 boroughs in North and West London. Roy served as the project lead for the restructure of the London Fire Brigade in 2001 and became Assistant Commissioner for Fire Safety in London in 2002.  From April 2013 to March 2017, he was also Chief Executive for Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Roy was the first Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council and now advises the Home Office on fire reform.

You can hear more of our conversation with Roy by visiting actimize.nice.com/podcast

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What happens on the dark side of the internet? In this episode, we’ll talk with expert financial crime fighter and founder and CEO of Q6 Cyber, Eli Dominitz. Listen in as Eli shares who operates in the digital underground, how we can monitor this activity and how to keep yourself safe.

Eli Dominitz is the founder and CEO of Q6 Cyber, an e-crime intelligence company based in the USA and Israel. Through a combination of proprietary technology and human analysts, Q6 monitors the “Digital Underground" (DarkWeb, DeepWeb, malware networks and infrastructure) to collect targeted and actionable e-crime intelligence used to proactively eliminate fraud, data breaches, and other electronic crimes. Prior to Q6 Cyber, Mr. Dominitz co-founded another cybersecurity company focused on vendor risk management. Mr. Dominitz holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an Honors B.Sc. in computer science from York University.

You can hear more of our conversation with Eli by visiting actimize.nice.com/podcast