From AI-generated résumés and voice-cloned interviews to coordinated overseas employment rings and forged credentials, candidate fraud is escalating in speed, scale, and sophistication. What once appeared as isolated deception is now a networked industry – costing organisations millions, eroding trust, and in some cases, breaching national security boundaries.

In this session, Olga Barrett shares how EPAM Systems, a global technology powerhouse operating across borders and disciplines, detects and responds to this growing threat. She’ll unpack the real-world tactics and lessons from EPAM’s fraud prevention framework:

• Indicators: the behavioural, digital, and procedural red flags recruiters need to recognise early.
• Mitigation Techniques: embedding layered controls and technology to verify authenticity without slowing the hiring process.
• Employee Training: building recruiter and hiring manager capability to detect and act on deception signals.
• Escalations: what happens once fraud is detected, and how to manage the response ethically and effectively.

This is not just a Talent Acquisition problem, it’s a business exposure demanding executive attention. A confronting and necessary conversation for every organisation hiring in 2025 and beyond.