Former FBI Agent on the AI Fraud Targeting Older Adults

Brady Finta spent 23 years at the FBI tracking the international criminal syndicates behind some of the most sophisticated financial scams and cyber fraud operations in the world. Today he is founder of the National Elder Fraud Coordination Center (NEFCC), where he is taking on one of the most underdiscussed national security threats of our time: the explosion of AI-powered fraud targeting older Americans.
In this exclusive interview with Adaptive Security CEO Brian Long, Brady pulls back the curtain on the mechanics of modern AI-powered scams, the psychology behind fraud, and the hard truth about why these criminal operations are so difficult to prosecute and dismantle.
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