GENERAL SESSION: Fraud Trends from Law Enforcement

Vice President, Financial Management, Tax and Accounting Policy, Mortgage Bankers Association

Fran Mordi joined the Mortgage Bankers Association in May of 2017 after 20 years of post-Law school experience in the areas of tax and accounting. Prior to joining MBA, she worked at the American Bankers Association and Deloitte Tax, LLP on domestic and international tax issues impacting the financial services industry. She has specific expertise in putting together training sessions and presenting at bank tax conferences and panels. She also has extensive experience working with the banking regulators, FASB, the Treasury, and Congress as an advocate of the financial services industry. Mordi holds a J.D. from New England Law School, Boston, MA, and an LL.M in Taxation from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, DC.

Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

Krista Cooley is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office and a member of the Consumer Financial Services group. She concentrates her practice on federal regulatory enforcement and compliance issues. She represents companies in the mortgage lending, mortgage servicing, title insurance and real estate industries in connection with administrative and regulatory compliance matters. Krista defends clients subject to government audits, investigations and enforcement proceedings before, among others, HUD, the VA, USDA, DOJ, CFPB and state banking departments in cases involving the False Claims Act, the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act, Mortgagee Review Board proceedings and RESPA enforcement matters.

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.

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).

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

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.