Episodes: 56
Frequency: Every two weeks
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 477.0k subscribers
Instagram: 49.0k followers
Publicly listed emails
info@thisisdistorted.com
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Thomas Taraniuk - Thomas Taraniuk is Head of Partnerships at Sumsub and a host covering digital fraud, fintech, payments, cryptocurrency, and trust infrastructure.
Gerald Gallagher - Cryptocurrency Legislation, Stablecoins, Market Structure, Consumer Protection, Decentralized-finance Hacks, And Crypto's Path To Mainstream Trust
Jacquelyn Melinek - Cryptocurrency Legislation, Stablecoins, Market Structure, Consumer Protection, Decentralized-finance Hacks, And Crypto's Path To Mainstream Trust
Eleanor Terrett - Cryptocurrency Legislation, Stablecoins, Market Structure, Consumer Protection, Decentralized-finance Hacks, And Crypto's Path To Mainstream Trust
Apurva Shrivastava - Payout Fraud, Account Farming, Cash-out Fraud, Disbursement-time Identity Assurance, And Operational Losses
Conny Ploth - Ai-native Banking, Organizational Transformation, Open Innovation, And Responsible Fraud Research
Season 6 of What The Fraud? - Arrives Tomorrow
October 13, 2026
Meet Vicky Baker, the new host of What The Fraud? from Sumsub.An investigative journalist specialising in fraudsters and con artists, Vicky is fascinated by the stories beneath the scams. The trust people place in others, the psychology behind manipulation, and the moments when a lie becomes believable.In season six, What The Fraud? looks beyond the technology and headline figures to explore the personal side of fraud. Why do we trust someone who is trying to steal from us? What makes any of ...
Building Trust in Africa’s Digital Economy
September 23, 2026
“Customers don't choose between security and convenience. They expect both."Africa's payments, banking, and digital commerce ecosystem is expanding at extraordinary speed, and fraud is scaling right alongside it. In this special episode of What the Fraud?, recorded live at Seamless Africa in Johannesburg, Chantal Lamprecht from Sumsub sits down with leaders across telecoms, mobile money, and digital banking to unpack how fraud actually works on the ground in Africa, and what it w...
The New Front Lines of Financial Crime in Africa
September 22, 2026
"The fraudsters have the same AI tools we do. The difference is who uses them faster."Africa's payments, banking, and digital commerce ecosystem is expanding at extraordinary speed, and fraud is scaling right alongside it. In this special episode of What The Fraud?, recorded live at Seamless Africa in Johannesburg, Chantal Lamprecht from Sumsub sits down with leaders across crypto, legal, and iGaming to unpack how fraud actually works on the ground in Africa, and what it will take for the ind...
The Payments Podium · Low booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
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Podseeker estimates What The Fraud? reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
What The Fraud? typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior leadership or recognized specialist expertise in fraud prevention, fintech, payments, banking, cryptocurrency, digital identity, regulation, compliance, artificial intelligence, or financial-services product development. Common among recent guests: Leading product, payments, legal, regulatory, artificial-intelligence, or transformation functions at major financial-services and technology companies; Building or overseeing payment, banking, identity, or fraud-prevention infrastructure; Providing established journalism, media, or industry analysis on cryptocurrency and digital finance. Recent guests include Gerald Gallagher, Jacquelyn Melinek, and Eleanor Terrett.
High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.
Recent episodes cover Fraud, Digital Identity, Fintech, Payments, and Cryptocurrency. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
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