This course introduces:

• The study of how global financial crimes are identified, conducted, and monitored
• The study of countermeasures and regulatory frameworks in place to combat financial crimes.
• Obstacles associated with understanding financial crimes, and presents the solutions used today in fighting against them.
• Discusses the emerging technologies in combating financial fraud and discuss the challenges associated with them.
• Emerging financial crimes including cryptocurrency Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), pump and dump approaches.
• General types of financial crimes such as Ponzi schemes and pyramid schemes will also be discussed.