OSINT case-maker

While fraud investigators benefit from emotional smarts and intuition, the ability to dig into online open-source intelligence – or OSINT – offers new practitioners an excellent way to scope out targets before suspects or witnesses are interviewed face-to-face. Mason Wilder , a research manager at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), stressed to Keith Nuthall how OSINT has been brought on by experts of different disciplines and backgrounds collaborating to deliver an “almost limitless wealth of information and techniques that are incredibly valuable to investigators and often available free of charge. So, it’s a very low-cost and very low-risk area of professional development and expertise for investigators of all ranges of experience,” he told FI.elopment and expertise for investigators of all ranges of experience,” he told FI.