The fraud environment has evolved from domestic operations to sophisticated international networks with universal victim access through mobile devices, creating unprecedented scale and complexity.
At the end of August 2025, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Aaron Seres, a 21-year veteran currently overseeing financial crimes in Georgia, shared critical insights with Datos Insights and senior fraud prevention leaders into the unprecedented scale of modern fraud operations. This brief is based on those insights.
Clients of Datos Insights’ Fraud & AML service can download this report.
About the Author
David Barnhardt
David has over 22 years of fraud mitigation in banking and payments. Throughout his career, he has served as the Emerging Risk Executive at Bank of America, Payments Product Line Head at Early Warning, Chief Experience Officer at Giact, and Head of Fraud at Conduent. David is a frequent contributor to industry publications and conferences. He has authored multiple patents...