Director of Fraud Strategy & Marketing · NICE Actimize
Host · AI Spy Podcast
Global Banking & Finance Review · Cover Feature
ACFE Fraud Conference Canada · Speaker
20 Years in Compliance & Financial Crime Prevention
About Anurag
Anurag
Mohapatra
Director, Fraud Strategy & Marketing · NICE Actimize

Twenty years in compliance and financial crime prevention have given me one clear conviction: the fight against fraud is won by people who understand both the technology and the human cost behind it. I work with financial institutions to build fraud strategies that hold up against increasingly sophisticated, AI-enabled threats — from authorized push payment scams to synthetic identity fraud and deepfake-enabled attacks.

I host the AI Spy podcast, publish research across Finextra, Global Banking & Finance Review, and BankInfoSecurity, and speak at major industry forums on the topics I care most about — payments fraud, scam prevention, regulatory developments, and the role of AI in detection and prevention.

AI in Fraud Detection Payments Fraud Scam Prevention Regulatory Trends Human Toll of Fraud Network Intelligence AI Trends & Technology
Anurag Mohapatra
NICE Actimize · Director, Fraud Strategy & Marketing
MIT Professional Education · Alumni
AI Spy Podcast · Host & Creator
20 Years · Compliance & Financial Crime
Hoboken, NJ
20+
Years in compliance & financial crime prevention
End-to-end career in the field
4
Seasons of AI Spy podcast
When the story is worth telling
20+
Published articles & industry reports
Finextra · ISMG · Global B&F
1
Magazine cover feature
Global Banking & Finance Review
Core expertise
Where I focus
01
AI-Driven Fraud Detection & Prevention
Machine learning models for real-time fraud detection — federated learning, network intelligence, and the limits of what AI can and cannot catch alone.
02
Payments Fraud & Scam Prevention
Authorized push payment scams, romance fraud, investment scams, and detection strategies across wires, ACH, Zelle, and real-time payment rails.
03
The Human Toll of Fraud
Behind every fraud statistic is a person. I cover the psychological, financial, and social damage fraud inflicts — particularly on elder fraud and romance scam victims.
04
Regulatory Trends in Fraud
The SCAM Act, EFTA amendments, PSR liability shifts, PSD3, and the global frameworks reshaping how institutions must respond to fraud losses and consumer protection.
05
AI Trends & Emerging Technology
Deepfakes, voice cloning, generative AI in fraud orchestration — and what the next wave of AI-enabled attacks means for financial institutions and investigators.
“The fight against fraud is won by people who understand both the technology and the human cost behind it.”
On stage
Anurag Mohapatra speaking on stage at a conference panel
Conference panel · Financial crime & AI
Speaking on AI-driven fraud prevention and the future of financial crime detection
“Without shared intelligence, each institution is blind to the fraud history visible elsewhere. Cross-institution data pooling can enable AI systems to spot mule networks up to 70 days earlier.”
— Quoted in BankInfoSecurity / ISMG
1LoD FinCrime Summit
Chelsea Piers, Manhattan · March 2026
NICE Actimize Insights Network Launch
Keynote Panel · February 2026
Datos #FinCrimeForum
Panelist · with Karen Boyer CFE & Aaron Steinitz
ACFE Fraud Conference Canada
Financial Fraud Trends in North America · October 2024
Published & cited by
Finextra Research
Community Author
BankInfoSecurity / ISMG
Quoted Expert
Global Banking & Finance Review
Cover Feature & Author
NICE Actimize Blog
Industry Analysis
Work with Anurag
Speaking engagements, podcast appearances, media enquiries, and collaboration