Projected annual fraud losses
Fraud exposure is becoming a board-level operational resilience issue, not only a compliance concern.
Middle East and Asia | Banks, insurers, FIs and corporates
Practitioner-led financial crime advisory for regulated growth.
CSRC helps institutions strengthen fraud resilience, AML governance, cyber fraud controls, investigations and financial crime operating models with senior judgement and hands-on execution.
- 29+
- years of risk, banking and financial crime leadership
- 13+
- years in senior UAE banking fraud functions
- 3
- enterprise fraud management implementations led
Market Pressure
Financial crime is scaling faster than many control environments.
Online payments fraud exposure
Faster payments, mule networks, synthetic identity and social engineering are widening the attack surface.
Response expectations
Institutions need coordinated fraud, cyber, AML and operations intelligence with clear ownership.
Service Architecture
A practical advisory model that links governance, technology and resilience.
CSRC is built for organizations that need more than a report: board-ready diagnosis, operating model design, control implementation, investigations, training and expert support.
Strategic governance and policy
- Counter fraud framework design
- Target operating model and SOPs
- Fraud risk appetite, KRIs and MI
- Regulatory gap assessments
- Whistleblowing and ethics frameworks
Technology and fusion integration
- Enterprise fraud platform implementation
- Rule, alert and workflow optimisation
- Digital onboarding and identity defence
- Cyber Fraud Fusion Centre setup
- Vendor-agnostic solution advisory
Operational resilience and investigations
- Fraud risk assessments and mystery shopping
- Lending, document and employee misconduct investigations
- AML, cyber risk and fraud awareness training
- Due diligence and background verification
- Expert resource augmentation
Client Fit
Focused on regulated institutions and high-trust corporate environments.
CSRC works where fraud, AML, cyber fraud, customer trust and regulatory confidence meet. Engagements are calibrated for UAE, KSA, GCC, India and wider Asia contexts.
Banks and financial institutions
Enterprise fraud frameworks, onboarding controls, AML-fraud handoffs, regulatory alignment and fraud TOM build-out.
Insurance companies
Claims fraud controls, investigation readiness, third-party risk, data-led triage and evidence discipline.
Fintechs and payments firms
Digital channel protection, identity assurance, behavioural monitoring, rule optimisation and scalable controls.
Corporates and diversified groups
Whistleblowing, procurement fraud, employee misconduct, vendor due diligence and ethics programs.
Cyber Fraud Fusion Centre
Turning fragmented fraud signals into coordinated action.
CSRC has designed and executed a greenfield Cyber Fraud Fusion Centre in KSA, including banking-client coverage and managed-services expansion support.
Digital channels, devices, alerts, complaints and cyber intelligence.
Case clustering, rule review, risk scoring and intelligence linkage.
Containment, customer action, law-enforcement packs and remediation.
Feedback into TOM, SOPs, dashboards, training and executive reporting.
Engagement Method
From diagnostic insight to embedded controls.
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Diagnose
Review risk events, product journeys, policies, alerts, controls and accountability.
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Design
Define target operating model, governance forums, SOPs, controls and metrics.
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Build
Configure rules, workflows, dashboards, case handling, training and remediation plans.
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Embed
Transfer capability, support audit evidence, tune controls and track measurable outcomes.
Leadership
A senior bench across fraud strategy, technology delivery and financial investigation.
The team brings practitioner experience across UAE, KSA, India, GCC, APAC and Africa, with direct exposure to fraud operations, enterprise platforms, investigations and capability building.
Charanjeet Singh
Founder
Former Group Head of Fraud Risk and Investigation at First Abu Dhabi Bank and former Chairperson, Fraud Prevention Committee, UAE Banks Federation.
Ashish Soni
Fraud and Risk Technology Lead
Transformation leader across regulated banking, fintech and SaaS with enterprise fraud, AML and transaction-monitoring platform experience.
CA Rahul Samdani
Chief Advisor
Chartered Accountant focused on fraud risk mitigation, financial investigations, background verification and India-UAE advisory contexts.
Engagement Menu
Start with the business problem, then choose the engagement shape that fits.
Rapid diagnostic
2-4 week review of priority fraud, AML or onboarding risk with board-ready findings and quick-win controls.
Framework build
Counter fraud framework, TOM, policies, SOPs, KRIs, governance forums and implementation roadmap.
Technology optimisation
EFMS implementation support, rule review, alert tuning, workflow design and vendor-agnostic assurance.
Specialist support
Investigations, due diligence, training, mystery shopping and onsite or offsite expert resource augmentation.
Next Conversation
Strengthen fraud resilience before the next incident forces the agenda.
Share the priority risk area, target market or pilot engagement. CSRC can help define outcomes, decision forums and the first practical steps.