Pat Lordan is a highly sought after consultant in the world of financial crime having spent decades working in leadership roles for An Garda Síochana - Ireland’s police force. As former head of both the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau and the Irish Financial Intelligence Unit, Pat was responsible for numerous high-profile national and international operations - including the one which broke the Black Axe gang. He knows a thing or two about how fraudsters operate and share who they target and how.
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“Wanted: Money Spark is seeking a Financial Transaction Control Analyst to join their exciting technology start-up company.
Key roles and responsibilities will include receiving and processing of incoming cash funds and transferring of funds to accounts indicated by our managers.
We offer; speedy career progression, training specific to the role, performance related bonuses, flexible hours and a work from home culture.\"
If this sounds like a job you might be interested in applying for - you’re not alone. When Santander published this fake job advert as an experiment in 2018, they were looking to gauge how likely Britons were to apply for a job as a money mule. But with more and more jurisdictions taking a hard line on this type of criminality - they might be in for a rude awakening if they did. We hear who the likely candidates are, what the job entails and what the consequences are for getting caught?