Fraud Doesn't Start With the Transaction.

It Starts With Manipulation.

Most fraud programs investigate what happened.

SPEmet focuses on what happens before.

Detecting Fraud Before the Transaction

Modern fraud does not break systems. It passes them.

Modern Fraud Doesn't Break Systems.

It Passes Through Them.

Most fraud programs are designed to identify unauthorized activity.

Increasingly, adversaries succeed by influencing authorized activity.

The compromise occurs long before the transaction.

SPEmet focuses on identifying behavioral progression, trust exploitation, and adversarial activity before measurable loss occurs.

How We Help

Identify Manipulation Earlier
Understanding adversarial progression before traditional controls are triggered.

Strengthen Fraud & Trust Programs
Improving detection strategies across fraud, trust & safety, and platform integrity functions.

Investigate Complex Risk
Supporting high-risk matters involving fraud, misconduct, insider threats, and abuse.

Prepare for Emerging Threats
Helping organizations understand synthetic identities, AI-enabled fraud, and evolving trust vulnerabilities.

Share What Comes Next
Executive briefings, keynotes, workshops, and thought leadership on the future of fraud, trust, and manipulation.

Where We Focus

Project EMBER

Understanding Manipulation Before Loss Occurs

Project EMBER explores how trust, influence, and behavioral progression evolve in an era of AI-enabled fraud.

The initiative focuses on identifying indicators of manipulation before traditional fraud controls are triggered.

Initial testing is currently underway.


Capabilities

Fraud Investigations & Advisory

Internal fraud, vendor fraud, platform abuse, investigations, governance reviews, and behavioral analysis.

AI Fraud & Risk Strategy

Synthetic identity, manipulation patterns, AI-enabled fraud, and emerging threats.

Platform Integrity &Trust Systems

Trust & safety, adversarial analysis, detection models, escalation design, and platform risk.

Executive Advisory

Strategic investigations, governance support, incident response, and leadership advisory.

Framework

Detecting Fraud Before the Transaction

A practical framework for identifying behavioral progression, manipulation patterns, and adversarial activity before financial loss occurs.

Detecting Fraud Before the Transaction PDF