Fraud on the Front Lines: Inside the Government Fraud You Never See

Host:

• Woody Talcove, CEO, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Government

Guests:

• Amanda D’Amico, Sr. Director, Market Planning, Government Decisioning Insights
• Mark Haskins, Ph.D., Fraud Risk Consultant

The fraud that makes the headlines is only part of the story.

An ordinary storefront. An isolated transaction. A routine application. Until someone starts connecting the dots.

In this episode of FraudKast, Woody Talcove goes beyond the headlines with Amanda D’Amico and Mark Haskins to explore what government fraud really looks like from the front lines. Drawing on years of firsthand experience, they examine schemes hiding in plain sight, warning signs that can get missed, and seemingly isolated incidents that may reveal something much bigger.

 From identity and benefit fraud to fraudulent retailers, organized schemes and emerging threats, the conversation exposes what the numbers don’t always tell you: where vulnerabilities exist, why fraud can evade detection, and why stopping it at the front door matters.  These aren’t theories about fraud. They’re stories and insights from people who have pursued it firsthand. And once you see what they’ve seen, it’s hard to look at the numbers the same way again.