{"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":120,"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":"2026-09-16T16:24:07.488000+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraud-forward-6896520"},"episode":{"title":"IAFCI Nashville: Unplugging Fraud, One Connection at a Time","slug":"iafci-nashville-unplugging-fraud-one-connection-at-a-time","published_at":"2026-09-09T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraud-forward-6896520/iafci-nashville-unplugging-fraud-one-connection-at-a-time","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/19382686-710b-4097-be8b-0404ee92b2a8.mp3","summary":"What’s up fraud fighters, and welcome back to Fraud Forward! This episode is recorded live and unplugged on the conference floor at IAFCI International in Nashville. I couldn’t fit everything I loved into one tidy gathering. Instead I’m bringing you the open floor conversations that, for me, are helping to unravel fraud and are weaving together fraud fighters. The headliner here is Michael Perez, the first ever fraudster turned fraud fighter to appear on Fraud Forward. What happened in his story is what you’ll want to hear the most. Federal agents recognized he was more valuable teaching fraud prevention than sitting on the sidelines. Beyond Michael’s story is a walk around the conference floor with a retired FBI cyber crime agent turned author, a Postal Inspector on leveraging relationships, an NYPD detective on dismantling large scale fraud schemes tied to money laundering, and two South Carolina Department of Corrections investigators on the sophisticated financial crime investigations happening behind bars. What you’ll hear in this episode: Michael Perez's full story on how his card skimming operation worked, what led to his arrest, and how he's since built tools that help detect the exact fraud he used to commit. A retired FBI cyber crime agent's take on why nearly 90% of the financial fraud he investigated could have been prevented, and the cybersecurity training mindset he now teaches. How a Postal Inspector's small agency structure makes relationship-building and fraud conference collaboration a survival skill, not a nice-to-have. An NYPD detective's approach to dismantling large scale fraud schemes and money laundering investigation targets, plus a real elder fraud wellness check made possible entirely through IAFCI chapter connections. What South Carolina pri…","meta_description":"What’s up fraud fighters, and welcome back to Fraud Forward! This episode is recorded live and unplugged on the conference floor at IAFCI International in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2572,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fraud-forward-6896520/episodes/iafci-nashville-unplugging-fraud-one-connection-at-a-time/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/iafci-nashville-unplugging-fraud-one-connection-at-a-time.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}