The investigator as social engineer

John Pizzuro is a Certified Fraud Examiner and consultant with 25 years’ experience in the New Jersey State Police. He has taught numerous courses and given many keynotes on human behaviour, investigations and cognitive interviewing techniques that he utilised in his career.

We are, unfortunately, all too aware that fraudsters use social engineering to entrap their victims. But what if those on the right side of the law were to use such techniques to put their investigations on the front foot? John Pizzuro draws on his career in policing to discuss the art of social engineering and how to use it in your proactive investigations.