{"podcast":{"title":"Fraud Forward","slug":"fraud-forward-6896520","podcast_index_feed_id":6896520,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/fraud-forward/","website_url":"https://www.sardine.ai/media/fraud-forward","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5146a799-c8ab-48e2-b29d-f11295c9d93d/Fraud-Forward-Spotify-Cover-Photo.jpg","author":"Hailey Windham","episode_count":106,"summary":"Fraud Forward is a banking-focused podcast bringing together fraud fighters, risk leaders, and financial crime experts to explore how fraud is evolving, and how financial institutions must adapt. Each episode features practical, candid conversations with teams in the trenches, covering strategy, governance, prevention, and recovery. Rather than chasing headlines, Fraud Forward focuses on what’s working, what’s changing, and what fraud leaders need to prepare for as financial crime accelerates. This is where banking comes together to challenge assumptions, pressure-test controls, and move fraud forward.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:15.561858+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraud-forward-6896520"},"episode":{"title":"Fraud as Infrastructure","slug":"fraud-as-infrastructure","published_at":"2026-05-27T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraud-forward-6896520/fraud-as-infrastructure","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraud-forward-6896520","url":"https://www.sardine.ai/media/fraud-forward","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/713b66b8-2e99-415f-8a28-7d044c02a43f.mp3","summary":"What’s up, fraud fighters, and welcome back to Fraud Forward! I want to take a moment and talk about something bigger than one scam trend, one crypto headline, or one fraud typology. We are talking about fraud as infrastructure. Because what we are seeing right now is not isolated activity. Organized fraud networks are operating like coordinated systems, connecting pig butchering scams, social engineering scams, mule accounts, crypto money laundering, fraud and AML gaps, and national security and financial crime concerns. And y’all, this matters because behind every case is a real person. Someone’s retirement. Someone’s trust. Someone’s financial stability. Someone who was manipulated by a criminal network long before the money ever moved. What you’ll hear in this episode: Why fraud as infrastructure changes how we need to think about financial crime How organized fraud networks are using scam infrastructure, mule accounts, and crypto money laundering Why pig butchering scams and social engineering scams are not simple one-off cases Where financial institutions are making progress in fraud prevention and scam prevention Why fraud investigations need stronger collaboration across fraud, AML, cybercrime, and law enforcement How public-private partnerships can help close the gaps criminals are exploiting What fraud fighters can take back to their teams as organized fraud becomes more connected Who should listen: Financial institution leaders and fraud professionals Risk, compliance, fraud and AML, and cybersecurity teams BSA officers and fraud investigators Regulators and policy advisors Public-private partnership leaders Victim support and advocacy professionals Anyone trying to understand how organized fraud impacts real people Fraud does not live in silos, and neither…","meta_description":"What’s up, fraud fighters, and welcome back to Fraud Forward! I want to take a moment and talk about something bigger than one scam trend, one crypto head…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":811,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fraud-forward-6896520/episodes/fraud-as-infrastructure/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraud-forward-6896520/fraud-as-infrastructure.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}