Check fraud remains one of the most persistent fraud challenges facing financial institutions today. What often begins with mail theft fuels sophisticated criminal marketplaces where stolen checks are sold for use in a range of fraud schemes, from counterfeits to altered checks and fraudulent endorsements.
Join Nancy Middleman, Lead Product Expert at Nasdaq Verafin, as she examines the check fraud supply chain, from mailbox theft to dark web marketplaces and how criminals use these instruments to defraud your institution. With insights from the 2026 Global Financial Crime Report, this webinar will also explore trends behind continued check fraud growth and how financial institutions can better disrupt these scams.
Highlights
- The scale of check fraud in the United States and the trends fueling its continued growth.
- How criminals steal checks, advertise them on dark web marketplaces and monetize them through multiple fraud schemes.
- How dark web fraud intelligence, consortium and AI-enabled approaches uncover suspicious checks.
