General Session: Fraud Panel (OPP, Equifax, TransUnion)

09:30 AM - Monday, September 14
Silvernightingale

Speakers

Dan Dusto

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Dan Dusto
Detective Staff Sergeant – Unit Commander / Case Manager, Anti-Rackets Branch, Ontario Provincial Police

Detective Staff Sergeant Dan Dusto began his public service career in 2001 and joined the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in 2012. Throughout his career, he has held a variety of specialized investigative and leadership roles, including positions in Crime Units, Professional Standards, Financial Crimes, and the Counter Exploitation and Missing Persons Section. In 2023, he spearheaded the creation of the OPP's award-winning Cyber-Enabled Fraud Team and played a key role in developing the OPP Cyber-Fraud Strategy. A strong advocate for collaboration and meaningful partnerships, D/S/Sgt Dusto is committed to advancing innovative approaches to complex investigations and enhancing public safety in Ontario.

Matt Fabian

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Matt Fabian
Sr. Director, Financial Services Research and Consulting, TransUnion

Matt Fabian leads the Canadian financial services research and consulting practice for TransUnion Canada. His expertise lies in customer insights and analytics, acquisition and portfolio management strategy, credit risk, profitability and growth dynamics as well as business transformation. Matt is a recognized speaker and has been published in journals and key industry publications. His commentary is regularly featured in national newspapers, radio and television programs. Prior to TransUnion, Matt held senior roles in strategy and advanced analytics at BMO Financial Group, as well as strategic consulting roles at The Polk Company. Fabian holds a BA (Hons) in economics, an MBA from the University of Illinois, a CPA designation and is a CFA charter holder.

Hussein Ezzat

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Hussein Ezzat
Senior Consultant, Fraud Prevention and Identity Management, Equifax

Hussein Ezzat uses his 20 year-experience in Credit Lending and Fraud Risk Management to support Equifax clients in achieving their goals and to help them establish best-in-class fraud prevention practices. Hussein joined Equifax Canada as a Functional Consultant, where he successfully on-boarded 15 new members to the Citadel Fraud Consortium and delivered training and strategy optimization to enhance their experience.

In his current role within Equifax, Hussein consults on all Fraud Prevention, Anti-Money Laundering, and Identity Management solutions. He continues to foster robust relationships with Clients across diverse verticals: Large Financial Institutions, Mortgage Lenders and Credit Card Monolines.

Hussein is fluent in various languages, and has a proven ability to achieve results across multi-cultural environments.

Andrew Sigfrid

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Andrew Sigfrid
Senior Director, Fraud Solutions, TransUnion

With 14 years of experience in financial services, including 11 years specializing in fraud, Andrew brings a unique blend of expertise in fraud, credit risk, and identity management. His analytical training in statistics, combined with practical business strategy knowledge, enables him to effectively bring new ideas and solutions to the fraud prevention ecosystem. Andrew leads the Fraud Data & Analytics team at TransUnion Canada and designed and developed TransUnion’s consortium fraud score, the Identity Exchange. Having worked on both the client side and with credit bureaus, Andrew has extensive experience in data sharing and consortiums, as the provider and the user of such programs.