In this episode of AI SPY, Anurag sits down with the ever-busy Andrew Austin, a fraud prevention expert whose insights are shaped by years of experience tackling financial crime across institutions.
The conversation kicks off with Andrew’s origin story—how he got into the fraud space and why curiosity is a career superpower. From there, they dive deep into:
Why AI is both an advantage and a challenge in the fight against fraud
How scammers are adapting faster than ever—sometimes faster than tech teams
Lessons learned from real-world investigations
How fraudsters think, and why threat modeling must evolve
Advice for fraud fighters building detection strategies
Why signal interpretation (not just signal collection) is the real game
The episode wraps with a rapid fire round where Andrew shares what he’s reading, tools he’s obsessed with, and a few unfiltered opinions on buzzwords and the future of AI in compliance.
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