Fraud Prevention

Learn how fraud works, how attacks unfold, and how teams detect and prevent abuse across the user lifecycle

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  Alex Wood

  Fraud Prevention and Social Engineering Expert, BBC Scam Secrets Contributor

  Alex is a fraud prevention and social engineering expert who helps organizations understand how modern scams work, why they succeed, and how to respond to them more effectively. He is a contributor to BBC Scam Secrets and a widely recognized speaker on fraud risk, behavioral manipulation, and the tactics used in today’s most damaging attacks. His work spans fraud awareness, investigations, and advisory roles across the public and private sectors. Alex serves on the boards of several organizations in the fraud and integrity space, including the Financial Fraud Awareness Campaign, Platinum High Integrity Technologies, and Abatis Security Innovations and Technologies. He is also the CEO of Ergo Marketing LTD and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2025.

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  Arturs Linde

  Head of Fraud Prevention at Paybis

  Arturs Linde is a fraud prevention expert with hands-on experience across fraud operations, chargebacks, payment risk, and anti-fraud strategy. At Paybis, he has progressed from Anti-Fraud Specialist and Chargeback Analyst to Head of Fraud Prevention, giving him a practical view of how fraud teams detect threats, manage losses, and strengthen controls over time. His work covers fraud strategy, detection tools, fraud pattern analysis, chargeback management, and risk controls across payment methods and transaction flows. Arturs also works closely with third-party KYC, fraud detection, and acquiring partners, bringing a strong operational perspective on how fraud prevention works inside fast-moving fintech and crypto environments.

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  Angelina Škrabec

  AML Governance
& Training Manager at evoke

  Angelina Škrabec is a financial crime and fraud prevention professional with hands-on experience across AML, risk, sanctions, and fraud operations in the iGaming sector. Her background spans fraud and risk analysis, customer investigations, AML casework, and governance, giving her a practical view of how fraud prevention connects with broader financial crime controls. She currently works in AML governance and training at Evoke, where she supports risk assessment, policy ownership, control design, and company-wide awareness across multiple jurisdictions. Earlier in her career, she held fraud, risk, and AML roles at Bally’s, William Hill International, and The Stars Group. This mix of operational and governance experience makes her especially strong at explaining how fraud risks develop in real business environments and how teams can respond with clearer controls, sharper processes, and better training.

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  Michael Dare

  Fraud Investigator
at iFAST Global Bank Limited

  Michael Dare is a fraud investigator with close to a decade of experience in banking fraud, fraud analysis, and online fraud prevention. His background spans fraud investigations, fraud profiling, card-not-present fraud, and fraud claims, giving him strong practical expertise in how suspicious activity is identified, reviewed, and escalated in financial services. He currently works as a Fraud Investigator at iFAST Global Bank and previously held fraud investigation and senior fraud profiling roles at Coutts. Earlier in his career, he also worked at NatWest, building a solid foundation in banking operations and customer risk. This mix of investigative and operational experience makes him especially strong at explaining how fraud prevention works in practice inside real financial institutions.

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  Ivan Prokoviev

  Fraud Strategy & Analytics Manager at Cleo

  Ivan Prokofev is a fraud expert with more than 12 years of experience across fraud strategy, analytics, payments fraud, and fraud operations. His background spans Cleo, MoonPay, Bumble, Booking.com, and Gett, giving him a strong cross-industry view of how fraud teams build controls, measure performance, and adapt detection to different products and risk environments. He has led and scaled fraud prevention work across marketplaces, travel, fintech, and crypto, with hands-on experience in fraud analytics, recovery workflows, vendor management, and cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering teams. Alongside his operational work, Ivan is also the host of the podcast A Journey Into Fraud Prevention, where he explores fraud trends, tactics, and the realities of building effective fraud programs.

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  Matteo Gamba

  Advisory Board
Member at Merchant Payments Ecosystem

  Matteo Gamba is a senior payments and product leader with deep expertise in fraud prevention, payments strategy, and global commerce. His background spans Wayfair, Wise, and Rocket Internet, where he led payment and fraud initiatives across large-scale e-commerce and fintech environments. At Wayfair, Matteo spent nearly a decade building and scaling global payments and fraud capabilities, eventually serving as Head of Product for Global Payments and Fraud. His work covered fraud systems, orchestration, vendor strategy, UX, and payment optimization across multiple markets and channels. He also serves in advisory roles within the payments industry, including the Merchant Risk Council and the Merchant Payments Ecosystem, bringing a strong strategic perspective on how payments and fraud can drive both protection and business performance.

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  Svetla Gocheva

  Technical Pre-Sales Manager at Sumsub

  Svetla Gocheva is a technical pre-sales and verification solutions expert with hands-on experience across user verification, document research, solution design, and client-facing implementation. Her background spans both operational and technical roles, giving her a strong understanding of how verification products work in practice and how teams use them in real business environments. Before joining Sumsub as Technical Pre-Sales Manager, she spent more than six years at Veriff, where she progressed through roles including Verification Specialist, Document Database Research Specialist, Solutions Engineer, Post-Sales Solutions Engineer, and Senior Solutions Engineer. This mix of product, operational, and customer-facing experience makes her especially strong at explaining verification workflows, technical setup, and the practical realities of working with identity verification solutions.

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  Arthur Tsvettsih

  Software Architect at Sumsub

  Arthur Tsvettish is a software architect and engineering leader with experience building and scaling complex technology products. His background spans software architecture, engineering management, and backend development, with a strong focus on scalable systems, cross-functional delivery, and technical execution. Before joining Sumsub as a Software Architect, he spent nearly five years at Checkout.com, where he progressed from Software Engineer to Engineering Manager. Earlier in his career, he also worked in software engineering roles at The Plum Guide and IRIS Software Systems. This combination of deep technical expertise and leadership experience makes him especially strong at explaining how product architecture, system design, and engineering decisions shape real-world verification solutions.