Amid the pandemic, the cultural shift of remote mass working has created the highest rates of insider fraud in recent history, with the landscape calling for long-term strategies to address the matter.

 

Once considered a secondary threat, insider fraud is now a growing challenge, with 75% of FinTech professionals agreeing that COVID-19 has increased fraud and collusion, whilst 100% say they are concerned about employees breaching data protection laws.

 

Throughout the first instalment of our brand-new monthly series, the Head of Financial Crime Operations at Ziglu, Claire Maillet, will look to address long-term adjustments to counteract insider fraud threats and adapt a new layered approach to the matter.

Claire will explore:

 

 

Claire has worked in financial crime prevention for eight years. Having held previous positions at Amazon, Cifas, WorldFirst and Jaja Finance, she currently works at Ziglu as Head of Financial Crime Operations.

In her spare time, she undertakes a part-time PhD in Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth, looking into the vulnerabilities of FinTechs to insider fraud.

As a 2021 National Diversity Award nominee in the “Disability” category and Tacking Economic Crime Award (TECA) finalist for “Outstanding Tackling Economic Crime Professional”, Claire proves that having a stammer is not a barrier to career progression and having a job you love.