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• Combatting Cyber Enabled Threats

  • When
    December 12, 2024
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    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  December 12, 2024 @ 3:00pm PST

  Combatting Cyber Enabled Threats

  Presenters: Kris Carlson, Special Agent

  Financial Crimes Task Force 

  Minnesota Commerce Fraud Bureau

  

  Session Synopsis

  It’s tough to keep track of the ever-changing internet of things and scammers’ tactics, and even tougher managing how we investigate these cyber-enabled crimes. With an exponential increase in cyber-enabled attacks, advancement in AI, and availability of the dark web at criminals’ fingertips, it’s essential to identify trends and utilize current technology to stay ahead of the game. Join this session to hear about some of the latest trends in cyber fraud and discover useful strategies and resources for your investigations.

  

  Presenter Bio

  Kris Carlson currently works as a special agent with the MN Commerce Fraud Bureau and investigates a variety of insurance and complex financial and white-collar crimes. He’s a Task Force Officer assigned to the local US Secret Service field office and works nationwide and international complex financial crimes alongside his federal partners. Agent Carlson has spent over 20 years in varying roles in law enforcement including patrol officer, investigator, and patrol sergeant. He’s spent his last six (6) years in his current role with the Fraud Bureau. Agent Carlson was most recently certified in investigating and tracing digital currency and is one of only a handful of agents /officers in MN working with an international coalition on preventing, mitigating, tracing and investigating digital and cyber-enabled crimes.

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• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Office of Inspector General and Fraud Schemes

  • When
    January 16, 2025
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    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  January 16, 2025 @ 3:00pm PST

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Office of Inspector General and Fraud Schemes

  Presenter: Kyle T. Mitchum, SAC HQ Operations – FDIC OIG

  

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  Summary of presentation topics:

  • FDIC OIG
  • Payment Fraud Schemes
  • BSA Violations
  • Bank Embezzlement & Failure resulting from Pig Butchering scheme

  

  Presenter Bio

  
  

  Kyle Mitchum is the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of HQ Operations at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Office of Inspector General (FDIC-OIG) in Arlington, VA. In this role, SAC Mitchum supervises Senior Special Agents, Forensic Accountants, a Financial Analyst and a Criminal Research Specialist. In addition to conducting sensitive executive level investigations, his group provides guidance, oversight and coordination over the Office of Investigations investigative activities, ensuring adequate controls and compliance within established policies and laws. Kyle has over 24 years of federal and state law enforcement experience where he has focused on complex financial fraud matters across the United States. Prior to his time with the FDIC-OIG, Kyle worked with the United States Department of Health & Human Services – Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) in Seattle, WA, Washington, DC & Columbus, Ohio. Before his time in federal government, Kyle was a state law enforcement officer with the State of South Carolina’s Attorney General’s Office. Kyle has presented on fraud trends and investigative techniques at the Department of Justice’s National Advocacy Center and numerous fraud prevention conferences. Kyle is a Certified Fraud Examiner and holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of South Carolina.

  
  

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