GENERAL SESSION: Fraud Trends from Law Enforcement

Steve Safavi

AML Officer, Mr. Cooper

Vice President AML Officer, Nationstar Mortgage dba Mr. Cooper. Over 25 years of mortgage fraud experience in both Origination and Servicing in addition to model governance and appraisal valuation oversight.

James Markley

Supervisory Special Agent, Money Laundering, Forfeiture and Bank Fraud Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Rahul Mittal

Cyber Security Advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Rahul Mittal is currently the Cybersecurity Advisor for Washington D.C in Region 3 with DHS CISA and is responsible for proactively engaging with members in private and public sector to increase the nation's critical infrastructure resiliency and further protect it from cyber-attack. Previously, Mr. Mittal has worked at the National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST), Health and Human Service (HHS), and the Chief Administrative Office (CAO) for the House of Representatives. In his career, he has served as a subject matter expert on cybersecurity topics related to risk management, incident response, cybersecurity analysis, and cyber policy. At HHS, he was the Branch Chief for the Office of the Secretary (OS) Cybersecurity Customer Engagement and Compliance Support and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Mr. Mittal currently holds a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication and a Master of Business Administration and possesses the following professional industry certifications: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and the Certified Network Defense Architect (CNDA).

Matthew Riportella

Supervisory Special Agent, Economic Crimes Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation

SSA Riportella is currently assigned to the Economic Crimes Unit at FBI Headquarters. Previously SSA Riportella was assigned to Boston's Organized Crime Task Force and later The Providence RI Complex Financial Crimes Task Force.