Ghosts in the machine
Episode #1: Generative AI is making synthetic identity fraud faster, more precise, and easier to scale.
In the first episode of Fraud in Focus, Mitek’s Adam Bacia speaks with Ravi Nemalikanti, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Abrigo, about how financial institutions can detect synthetic identities, connect fragmented data, and build stronger defenses without creating unnecessary customer friction.
Featured speakers
Adam Bacia
VP of Product Marketing, Mitek
Ravi Nemalikanti
Chief Product and Technology Officer, Abrigo
What’s discussed in this podcast?
Fraud in Focus explores the forces reshaping fraud prevention, identity verification, artificial intelligence, and digital trust, including:
- Why synthetic identity fraud has accelerated
- How GenAI helps fraudsters create convincing identities at scale
- The growing threat of sleeper identities and mule accounts
- Why identity monitoring cannot end after onboarding
- How real personal data is used to construct synthetic identities
- The role of entity graphing, behavioral signals, and lifecycle monitoring
- Why many synthetic identity losses remain misclassified or underreported
- How financial institutions are moving beyond static fraud rules
- Whether AI will ultimately benefit fraudsters or fraud fighters