In this episode of Risk and Reason, Eli Wachs sits down with Jason Brown, Director of Risk Operations at Imprint and former U.S. Secret Service agent, to explore the evolution of cybercrime and financial fraud. Drawing on nearly 25 years in federal law enforcement, Jason discusses the professionalization of fraud networks, why fraud is fundamentally human, and how AI can act as a force multiplier without replacing human judgment. The conversation also covers synthetic fraud, payment rails, st...
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In this episode of Risk and Reason, Eli Wachs sits down with Jason Brown, Director of Risk Operations at Imprint and former U.S. Secret Service agent, to explore the evolution of cybercrime and financial fraud. Drawing on nearly 25 years in federal law enforcement, Jason discusses the professionalization of fraud networks, why fraud is fundamentally human, and how AI can act as a force multiplier without replacing human judgment. The conversation also covers synthetic fraud, payment rails, st...
In this episode of Risk and Reason, Eli Wachs sits down with Jason Brown, Director of Risk Operations at Imprint and former U.S. Secret Service agent, to explore the evolution of cybercrime and financial fraud. Drawing on nearly 25 years in federal law enforcement, Jason discusses the professionalization of fraud networks, why fraud is fundamentally human, and how AI can act as a force multiplier without replacing human judgment. The conversation also covers synthetic fraud, payment rails, st...
Ryan Hunter (Director of Identity & Fraud Strategy at Built Rewards) joins Eli to unpack how fraud is evolving fast — from synthetic identities to first-party scams and global fraud rings that operate like real businesses. They dig into why legacy ID systems keep failing, where the biggest vulnerabilities live today, and what it will take to actually shift the playing field. Chapters (00:00) Ryan’s path into fraud strategy (05:53) How fraud evolved: fake IDs → synthetic → first-party (1...
In this episode of Risk and Reason, Eli Wachs sits down with Jason Brown, Director of Risk Operations at Imprint and former U.S. Secret Service agent, to explore the evolution of cybercrime and financial fraud. Drawing on nearly 25 years in federal law enforcement, Jason discusses the professionalization of fraud networks, why fraud is fundamentally human, and how AI can act as a force multiplier without replacing human judgment. The conversation also covers synthetic fraud, payment rails, st...
